Biomaterial Database

[Waste disposal from medical practices and laboratories]. 1987

F Reinthaler

Hygieneinstitut, Universität Graz.

The major part of wastes from medical practices can be classified as refuse without any further consideration or it can be used for recycling. However, certain waste products need a specific treatment; most of all, there are waste products that are infectious or that could mechanically cause injuries due to their design. The amount of infectious wastes that could be established in our waste-separation-model was extremely small and therefore, can easily be added to the refuse after adequate disinfection. Only practitioners themselves can decide on the spot which wastes need or not need to be disinfected.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008506	Medical Waste	Blood, mucus, tissue removed at surgery or autopsy, soiled surgical dressings, and other materials requiring special disposal procedures.	Pathological Waste,Waste, Medical,Waste, Pathological,Medical Wastes,Pathological Wastes,Wastes, Medical,Wastes, Pathological
D012037	Refuse Disposal	The discarding or destroying of garbage, sewage, or other waste matter or its transformation into something useful or innocuous.	Waste Disposal, Solid,Disposal, Refuse,Disposal, Solid Waste,Disposals, Refuse,Disposals, Solid Waste,Refuse Disposals,Solid Waste Disposal,Solid Waste Disposals,Waste Disposals, Solid
D003140	Communicable Disease Control	Programs of surveillance designed to prevent the transmission of disease by any means from person to person or from animal to man.	Flatten the Curve of Epidemic,Flattening the Curve, Communicable Disease Control,Parasite Control,Control, Communicable Disease,Control, Parasite
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001317	Austria	A country located in Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia. The capital is Vienna.
D014866	Waste Products	Debris resulting from a process that is of no further use to the system producing it. The concept includes materials discharged from or stored in a system in inert form as a by-product of vital activities. (From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, 1981)	Product, Waste,Products, Waste,Waste Product