Pathological waste and trace chemo waste are not considered to be regulated medical waste.
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Human or animal specimen cultures from medical and pathology laboratories.
Laboratory waste including but not limited to all of the following.
Biohazardous waste is defined as anything meeting these criteria.
These measures are designed to protect the workers who generate medical wastes and who manage the wastes from point of generation to disposal.
Cultures and stocks of infectious agents from research laboratories.
Contain the bag inside a rigid leak proof container that has a biohazard symbol itself or allows the bag s biohazard symbol to be visible.
Hazardous waste may be placed in regulated medical waste if it is placed in a sharps container.
Collect in plastic autoclavable waste bags with a biohazard symbol.
Federal osha provides a good general definition of regulated waste but individual states may have their own particular definition.