Biosafety Hazardous Waste Handling and Disposal
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Biosafety Hazardous Waste Handling and Disposal

Understand the terminologies of hazardous waste and how to handle and dispose of them safely.

Updated Mar 18, 2019

If you work with biological materials, it is quite possible that you will produce hazardous waste. What types of hazardous waste might you produce? The obvious answer is biohazardous, or medical, waste. But if you are like a lot of people who work with biological materials, you may also work with or around other hazardous chemicals and radioactive materials, which wind up as waste too. Ideal learners are workers who may be exposed to biohazardous waste.