Waste Colour Coding
Clinical Highly Infectious
The yellow clinical highly infectious waste stream is hazardous and is for category A pathogens and medicinally contaminated waste. This waste stream requires incineration.
EWC Codes: Human; 18 01 03 and 18 01 09 | Animal; 18 02 02.
Clinical highly infectious waste examples: Disposable PPE and garments contaminated with infectious bodily fluids, as well as sharps contaminated by medicinal products and bodily fluids.
Clinical Highly Infectious
The yellow clinical highly infectious waste stream is hazardous and is for category A pathogens and medicinally contaminated waste. This waste stream requires incineration.
EWC Codes: Human; 18 01 03 and 18 01 09 | Animal; 18 02 02.
Clinical highly infectious waste examples: Disposable PPE and garments contaminated with infectious bodily fluids, as well as sharps contaminated by medicinal products and bodily fluids.
Anatomical
The yellow clinical highly infectious waste stream is hazardous and is for category A pathogens and medicinally contaminated waste. This waste stream requires incineration.
EWC Codes: Human; 18 01 03 and 18 01 09 | Animal; 18 02 02.
Clinical highly infectious waste examples: Disposable PPE and garments contaminated with infectious bodily fluids, as well as sharps contaminated by medicinal products and bodily fluids.
Clinical Infectious
The yellow clinical highly infectious waste stream is hazardous and is for category A pathogens and medicinally contaminated waste. This waste stream requires incineration.
EWC Codes: Human; 18 01 03 and 18 01 09 | Animal; 18 02 02.
Clinical highly infectious waste examples: Disposable PPE and garments contaminated with infectious bodily fluids, as well as sharps contaminated by medicinal products and bodily fluids.
Cytotoxic and Cytostatic
The yellow clinical highly infectious waste stream is hazardous and is for category A pathogens and medicinally contaminated waste. This waste stream requires incineration.
EWC Codes: Human; 18 01 03 and 18 01 09 | Animal; 18 02 02.
Clinical highly infectious waste examples: Disposable PPE and garments contaminated with infectious bodily fluids, as well as sharps contaminated by medicinal products and bodily fluids.
Medicinal
The yellow clinical highly infectious waste stream is hazardous and is for category A pathogens and medicinally contaminated waste. This waste stream requires incineration.
EWC Codes: Human; 18 01 03 and 18 01 09 | Animal; 18 02 02.
Clinical highly infectious waste examples: Disposable PPE and garments contaminated with infectious bodily fluids, as well as sharps contaminated by medicinal products and bodily fluids.
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