Huntsville Medical Waste Disposal Solutions

A detailed Medical Waste Management Plan must be prepared and maintained by generators. See the document above for details.

Sharps are used or unused items that can cause punctures or cuts including needles, needles, IV tubing with needles, scalpel blades, syringes with or without needles, and contaminated glassware. 

Storage begins after shipping container is prepared for shipment. It cannot exceed seven calendar days from the date of initial storage begins, unless waste is refrigerated at a temperature less than 45 degree Fahrenheit.
 
Exemption: Generators (shippers) of less than 220 lbs per month of medical waste
 
Storage facilities must be fully enclosed and the storage area should not be utilized for other purposes. Other storage requirements include:

• Surfaces of smooth, easily cleanable materials that are impervious to liquid
• Conspicuously identified with authorized signs (see below requirements
• Prevents entry of unauthorized persons, rodents, vectors
• Minimizes or prevents objectionable odors

Storage facilities must be conspicuously identified with signs containing either the phrase "Medical Waste," "Infectious Waste," "Biohazardous,"
or display the International Biological Hazard Symbol.