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8/19/25,6:49 AM Gmail-RE:Biohazard Bag Inquiry <br /> Grnail Brett E <bespicha@gmail.com> <br /> Biohazard a Inquiry <br /> 2 messages <br /> Li, Jennifer@CDPH <Jennifer.Li@cdph.ca.gov> Fri,Aug 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM <br /> To: Brett E <bespicha@gmail.com> <br /> Afternoon Brett, <br /> Medical waste generates may use the `red' biohazard bag for the following medical waste types: <br /> biohazardous, (soft) trace chemotherapy, and pathology waste. If a generator uses a `yellow' biohazard bag <br /> then it shall only be used for (soft) trace chemotherapy waste. If a generator uses a `white' biohazard bag it <br /> shall only be used for pathology waste. <br /> 117630 - Biohazard Bag <br /> (a) "Biohazard bag" means a disposable film bag used to contain medical waste. Notwithstanding <br /> subdivision (b) of Section 117605, the film bags that are used to line the United States Department of <br /> Transportation (USDOT)-approved shipping containers for transport from the generator's facility onto <br /> roadways and into commerce to a treatment and disposal facility shall be marked and certified by the <br /> manufacturer as having passed the tests prescribed for tear resistance in the American Society for Testing <br /> Materials (ASTM) D1922, "Standard Test Method for Propagation Tear Resistance of Plastic Film and Thin <br /> Sheeting by Pendulum Method" and for impact resistance in ASTM D1709, "Standard Test Methods for <br /> Impact Resistance of Plastic Film by the Free-Falling Dart Method," as those documents were published on <br /> January 1, 2014. The film bag shall meet an impact resistance of 165 grams and a tearing resistance of 480 <br /> grams in both parallel and perpendicular planes with respect to the length of the bag. <br /> (b)The biohazard bag that is used to collect medical waste within a facility shall be manufacturer certified to <br /> meet the ASTM D1709 dart drop test, provided that when the bag is prepared for transport offsite, it is <br /> placed into a USDOT-approved container lined with a biohazard bag that is ASTM D1709 and ASTM D1922 <br /> certified. <br /> (c)The color of the bag shall be red, except when yellow bags are used to further segregate trace <br /> I <br /> hemotherapy waste and white bags are used to further segregate pathology waste. The biohazard <br /> bag shall be marked with the international biohazard symbol and may be labeled by reference as authorized <br /> by the USDOT. <br /> Thank you, <br /> Jennifer Li <br /> Sr. Environmental Scientist <br /> Medical Waste Management Program <br /> California Department of Public Health <br /> 500 N. Central Ave, Suite 300 <br /> https://mail.goog le.com/mai 1/u/0/?i k=893ad5edfe&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f:1840558474067524105&simp1=msg-f:184055847406752410... 1/2 <br />