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[WASTE TYPE] Infectious waste [DESCRIPTION] Contains pathogens (bacteria, viruses, parasites, or fungi) in sufficient concentration or quantity to cause disease to susceptible hosts. This includes: cultures and stock of infectious agents from laboratory work; waste from surgery and autopsies on patients with infectious diseases (e.g. tissues, materials or equipment that have been in contact with blood or other body fluids); waste from infected patients in isolation wards (e.g. excreta, dressings from infected or surgical wounds, clothes heavily soiled with human blood or other body fluids) waste that has been in contact with infected patients undergoing hemodialysis (e.g. dialysis equipment such as tubing and filters, disposable towels, gowns and aprons, gloves and laboratory coats) infected animals from laboratories; and any other instruments or materials that have been in contact with infected persons or animals.
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Waste not, want not | Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
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