AS/NZS 3816:1998
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Management of clinical and related wastes
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05-06-1998
Important note : Users cannot be edited or removed once added to your Multi user PDF.Sets out requirements for the identification, segregation, handling, storage, transport, treatment and ultimate safe disposal of clinical and related wastes which may be hazardous, in an environmentally responsible manner. Wastes arising from medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, laboratory, pharmaceutical, podiatry, tattooing, body piercing and mortuary practices, inter alia, are dealt with in the Standard.
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HE-011
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Standard
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0 7337 1973 2
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| Pages |
9
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Standards Australia
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AvailableSuperseded
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This Standard sets out requirements for the identification, segregation,handling, storage, transport, treatment and ultimate safe disposal of clinical and relatedwastes which may be hazardous, in an environmentally responsible manner in order toreduce the impact to human health and safety. Such wastes include, but are not restrictedto, wastes arising from medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, laboratories, pharmaceutical,podiatry, tattooing, body piercing, brothels, emergency services, blood banks, mortuarypractices and other similar practices, and wastes generated in health care facilities or otherfacilities during the investigation or treatment of patients or in research projects.
First published in New Zealand as NZS 4304:1990.
Jointly revised and redesignated AS/NZS 3816:1998.
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| AS/NZS 4478:1997 | Guide to the reprocessing of reusable containers for the collection of sharp items used in human and animal clinical/medical applications |
| AS/NZS 2243.3:1995 | Safety in laboratories Microbiology |
| AS/NZS 2243.2:1997 | Safety in laboratories - Chemical aspects |
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