potentially infectious medical waste
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “potentially infectious medical waste” includes isolation wastes; infectious agents; human blood and blood products; pathological wastes; sharps; body parts; contaminated bedding; surgical wastes; and other disposable medical equipment and material that may pose a risk to the public health, welfare or the marine environment.
Source
- 1994–present33 U.S.C. § 2502Navigation and Navigable Waters · Definitions · for the purposes of this chapter