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INFECTIOUS WASTE - DEFINITION <br />Infectious Waste <br />All disposable fomites that come in contact with secretions and excreta <br />of any kind from a patient. <br />The following shall be included (but not limited to) as infectious waste: <br />1. Significant laboratory wastes including specimens (of all tissues, <br />blood elments, excreta and secretions) and the disposable fomites at <br />tendant thereto. <br />2. Urine excreta, fecal excreta, patient secretions and all materials <br />contaminated by them. <br />A. Wound dressings of all types <br />B. Catheter equipment - all <br />C. Syringes and needles <br />' D. Enema equipment <br />