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containing blood that is fluid or blood from animals known to be infectiotts vAIch are <br /> highly communicable to humans. <br /> Waste containing discarded materials contaminated with excretions, exudate, or <br /> secretions from humans who are isolated due to highly communicable diseases or <br /> isolated animals known to be infected with diseases highly communicable to humans. <br /> (as per Center for Disease Control, Biosdety Level 4*see ). <br /> Biosafety Level 4 viruses and diseases are o-Brimean hemorrhagic- fever, <br /> Wd)ome encephalitis virus complex(Absettarou, Hanzalova, Hypr, Kumlinge, K us <br /> Forest disease, Omsk hemmoffhagic fever, and Russian Spring-Summer ' ), <br /> Marburg disease, Ebola,Jamin virus,Lassa fever virus, Machupo, <br /> virus. <br /> "Medical Waste"means waste which meets both of the following: <br /> Waste composed of waste which is generated or produced as the results of the <br /> following: <br /> • Diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals including <br /> research pertaining to these activities. <br /> • The production or testing of biological. (Medical preparations made from living <br /> organisms and their products, including but not tinfded to, serums, vaccines. <br /> antigens,and antitoxins). <br /> Biohazardous waste. <br /> • Sharps waste (Any device having acute rigid comers, edges, or protuberances <br /> capable of cutting or piercing the skin including, but not limited to, needles, blades <br /> broken glass,and lancets contaminated with biohazardous waste. <br /> "Medical Waste"does not include the following: <br /> • Waste containing microbiological cultures used in food processing and any <br /> containers or devices used in the preparation and handling of these cultures." <br /> • Urine, feces, saliva, sputum, nasal secretions. sweat, tears, and vomitus, unless <br /> they contain fluid blood, except as defined in section 25020.5 (t) which pertains to <br /> Biosafety Level 4*on highly communicable diseases. <br /> • Waste which is not biohazardous, such as paper towels, paper products, articles <br /> containing nonfluid blood,and other solid waste commonly found in factTities. <br /> "Mixed Waste " means mixtures of medical and nonmedical waste. Mixed waste is <br /> medical waste except for the following: <br /> • Medical waste and hazardous waste is hazardous waste. <br /> • Medical waste and radioactive is radioactive waste. <br /> 310 <br />