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:
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?