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How to use Red Medical Waste Disposal Bags
Red medical waste bags are specifically made for biohazardous waste, but how do you properly use red bags for your medical waste?
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Using Red Medical Waste Disposal Bags
Red medical waste bags are specifically made for biohazardous waste, but how do you properly use red bags for your medical waste?
Red bags should be used to dispose of solid or liquid waste contaminated with blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) - but that is not the whole story.
Proper Use of Red Medical Waste Disposal Bags
Red medical waste disposal bags should be utilized alongside biohazard bins.
Each biohazard container should be properly lined with a red medical waste bag in preparation of use.
Typically, your medical waste disposal company will handle this. They will collect and haul away your used biohazard bins and replace them with new ones that are properly lined with a red bag and ready for use.
Containment of Waste Using Red Bags
Each time biohazard waste is generated, it should be placed into a red bag (less than 3 pounds or one gallon) and tied to prevent any potential leaking before this red bag is placed into a biohazard container.
Things such as bodily fluids contaminated with blood, unfixed human tissue, organs, blood and flood products, and contaminated personal protective equipment should go in with your red bag waste.
Red Bag Waste Checklist:
✔ You always place sharps waste inside of a rigid, puncture proof, and sealable sharps container
✔ You use red bags for biohazardous waste
✔ You segregate pathological waste from other red bag wastes
✔ Your biohazard bins are properly lined with a red bag
✔ You tie each red bag to prevent any leaking
✔ Your medical waste disposal is done by a licensed medical waste hauler
✔ You pay attention to weight limits for biohazardous waste containers
It is crucial to understand what goes into red bags and what does not. Things like chemicals, alcohol, pharmaceuticals, hazardous wastes, chemotherapy waste, and regular waste have their own designated containers and should not be placed into your red bag medical waste disposal bags under any circumstance.
Biohazardous wastes are nothing to be unsure about, if you have any doubts during generation, storage, or other compliance uncertainties, get in contact with a medical waste disposal service who specializes in handling infectious wastes.
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