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Disposal of Sharps and Lab Waste
Always dispose of in a sharps container: • Needles • Syringes (with or without
needles) • IV tubing with needle • Lancets • Scalpel blades If contaminated with biohazardous material: • Razor blades • Broken glass • Pasteur pipeFes • Slides • Coverslips
Never fill container more than 2/3 full, label with PI’s name and lab room number before placing in a biowaste shipping box
Use a pipet keeper or Bio-‐bin to dispose of items contaminated with biohazardous materials that could puncture a plasRc bag • Glass serological pipets • PlasRc serological pipets • MicropipeFe Rps
Once pipet keeper is filled, label with PI’s name and lab room number before placing in a biowaste shipping box *Glass serological pipets must be contained in a pipet keeper or other sharps container
PlasRc items contaminated with biohazardous materials and could puncture a plasRc bag: • PlasRc serological pipets • MicropipeFe Rps • Swabs • SRcks
Line biowaste shipping box with two biohazard bags and cover with lid available from EHS These items can be disposed of directly into the biowaste shipping box When full, drop off at sharps disposal locaRon designated for your building
Uncontaminated items that could puncture a plasRc bag • Broken glass • Fragile glass • Pasteur pipeFes • Slides • Coverslips • MicropipeFe Rps • Serological pipeFes
(plasRc and glass)
Use box purchased from company or use a sturdy cardboard box, lined with a trash bag and clearly label as lab glass *Must not be contaminated with biohazards, chemicals or radioac.ve materials
For more informaRon about packaging and disposal of sharps and lab glass waste, visit hFp://www.northeastern.edu/ehs/ehs-‐programs/biosafety/biohazardous-‐waste/ Contact EHS at [email protected] or 617.373.2769 with any quesRons
Sharps Biohazardous Glass and Plas.c
Biohazardous Plas.c
Non-‐hazardous Glass and Plas.cs*