SEGREGATION AND

COLLECTION OF HOSPITAL
WASTE
BIOMEDICAL WASTE
 YELLOW BAG
ANATOMICAL/  Body parts removed by surgery
SOILED  Placenta
 Pathological waste
 Post Experimental & Research Waste
 Cloth, Cotton, Dressing Materials, Plaster &
Paper with Blood or Body Fluids
 Plaster of Paris
 Face Mask and Cap
 Solid and Liquid chemical waste
 Clinical Laboratory Waste (Lab cultures)
 Blood bags
 YELLOW BAG
EXPIRED/
CYTOTOXIC
 Expired and
Discarded Drugs
 Cytotoxic drugs
 RED BAG

RECYCLABLE/  Syringes Without

Needles
SOLID WASTE
 I.V Set
 Catheters
 Urine Bag
 Dialysis Kit
 I.V Bottles
 Vacutainers
 Gloves
WHITE CONTAINER

SHARPS
 Needles
 Blades
 Scalpels
 Syringes
with
Fixed Needles
 BLUE BAG

GLASSWARES METALS
 GLASSWARES

 Broken Glass
 Ampoules
 Vials
 Lab Slides
 METALS

 Metals
 Nails
 Metallic Body Implants
GENERAL WASTE

 Food Waste
 Papers
GREEN  Plastic Covers,
BAG Disposable
Glass &
Containers
BLOOD BAG DISPOSAL

 All blood bags

with or without
blood shall be
returned to
central lab after
use.
URINE BAG DISPOSAL

 Please empty
the urine bags
before
discarding
 TRANSPORTATION OF HOSPITAL WASTE

5TH FLOOR RAMP

4TH FLOOR RAMP

3RD FLOOR RAMP

2ND FLOOR RAMP

1ST
FLOOR
OT

Emergency GROUND FLOOR

Exit Towards
BASEMENT FLOOR Primary dumping area
Outside

INCINERATOR I INCINERATOR II
 TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL

ANATOMICAL/
SOILED  Disposed of by
incineration
 Blood bags:
Autoclaving followed
by incineration
TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL

EXPIRED/
CYTOTOXIC
 Cytotoxic drugs and
discarded medicines
shall be sent back to
manufacturer or
disposed by
incineration
 TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL

RECYCLABLE/
SOLID WASTE  Autoclaving followed
by shredding or
mutilation or
combination of
sterilization &
shredding
TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL

SHARPS
 Incineration&
then the end-
product is
being used in
the production
of concrete
blocks
 TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL

GLASSWARES
& METALS  Disinfection (by
sodium hypochlorite
treatment) or
through autoclaving
or microwaving and
then sent for
recycling.
TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL

 Food Waste:
Dumping
General
waste  Paper & Plastic
Waste: Incineration