OpiniãoA system for identifying and separating infectious materials and their containers should be adopted. Categories may include:
- uncontaminated (non-infectious) waste that can be reused, recycled or disposed of in the same way as general household waste;
- contaminated (infectious) sharps, such as broken glass, syringes and slides;
- contaminated infectious material to be disposed of by burying, incinerating or autoclaving.