Clinical Waste Control Scheme

• Commencing from 1 August 2011

• Licensing System for all clinical waste collectors and disposal facility operators

• Codes of Practice to provide guidance for clinical waste producers and waste collectors.

• Consignment note system to track the movement of clinical waste from source to disposal facility

• Designates the Chemical Waste Treatment Centre (CWTC) as the facility to treat clinical waste and to levy a disposal charge for use of the facility.
  

Group 1 Used or Contaminated Sharps e.g. syringes, needle, cartridges, ampoules and other sharp instruments
	Type(s) of Container	Bag	Sealing	Refuse Bin
	Sharps box	Red Bag	"Swan-neck" method with plastic tie	Red
Group 2 Laboratory Waste e.g. laboratory stock cultures, or cultures, of infectious agents and potentially infectious waste, culture dishes, bottles, flasks, tubes, pipettes, pipette tips, inoculation loops and inoculation wires. Group 4 Infectious Materials Group 5 Dressings Group 6 Other Wastes
	Type(s) of Container	Bag	Sealing	Refuse Bin
	Heavy duty plastic bag	Red Bag	"Swan-neck" method with plastic tie	Red
Group 3 Human and Animal Tissues All human and animal tissues, organs and body parts as well as dead animals
	Type(s) of Container	Bag	Sealing	Refuse Bin
	Heavy duty plastic bag	Yellow Bag	"Swan-neck" method with plastic tie	Yellow

Sealing Method for Clinical Waste Bags - "Swan-neck" method.

tie this tag with department name to the bag

stick Premises Code label to the bag

Red bag, yellow bag, autoclavable bag, plastic tie, tag and premises code label can be obtained in store room 3S15

How to handle culture by solution disinfection

According to University Guidance on Decontamination, 1:20 diluted bleach can be added to the culture medium of culture flasks, bottles, plates or tubes for at least 10 minutes to disinfect the medium. The disinfected medium can be pour away to sink directly.

Culture flasks, bottles, plates or tubes are put into transparent autoclavable bag for autoclave sterilization. Then they can be disposed as normal waste in black garbage bag.

N.B. Bleach is not vey effective against Mycobacterium spp

Autoclavable Bag in store room 3S15

How to handle Latex Gloves

Latex gloves are disposed as normal waste. If contaminated, please dispose as Laboratory Waste (Group 2) in red bag

Refuse Room

All biohazard garbages will be collected at Thursday afternoon by licencing clinical waste collector and signed by clinical waste representative.

For further enquiry, please contact clinical waste representative Ms. Kelly Lau at 2299 0812.