Title: Describe disposal methods within a facility.
Course: Veterinary Science I (18105-I) > Section: Understanding Safety, Sanitation, and Facility Maintenance

Description should include

- adhering to standard OSHA disposal procedures for
  - biomedical waste
  - sharps
  - other hazardous materials including chemical and pharmaceutical waste
- changing the trash liner (using required PPE and following standard procedures, maintaining proper segregation of waste streams).

Teacher Resources:

- "Youth@Work-Talking Safety Curriculum for Virginia," NIOSH, OSHA
- Keep It Clean: Infection Control and Biosecurity in Veterinary Medicine by the Numbers, AAHA

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why is it important to have a labeled sharps container?
- Why should biomedical waste be labeled?
- Why should a trash liner always be used in the trash container?
- What are problems associated with overfilling a trash container?
- Why should one never reuse a container that once contained a hazardous material?
- What types of hazardous materials are commonly encountered in veterinary work? How is each hazardous to workers?