Type A - Blood and Blood Products: Discarded bulk human blood and blood products in free draining, liquid state; body fluids contaminated with visible blood; and materials saturated/dripping with blood. Blood and Blood Products shall not include: feminine hygiene products.
Type B - Pathological Waste: Human anatomical parts, organs, tissues and body fluids removed and discarded during surgery, autopsy, or other medical or diagnostic procedures; specimens of body fluids and their containers; and discarded material saturated with body fluids other than urine. Pathological waste shall not include: Teeth and contiguous structures of bone without visible tissue, nasal secretions, sweat, sputum, vomit, urine, or fecal materials that do not contain visible blood or involve confirmed diagnosis of infectious disease.
Type C - Cultures and Stocks of Infectious Agents and their Associated Biologicals: All discarded cultures and stocks of infectious agents and their associated biologicals, including culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate, and mix cultures, as well as discarded live and attenuated vaccines intended for human use, that are generated in:
(1) Laboratories involved in basic and applied research;
(2) Laboratories intended for educational instruction; or
(3) Clinical laboratories
Type D - Contaminated Animal Waste: Contaminated carcasses, body parts, body fluids, blood or bedding from animals known to be:
(1) Infected with agents of the following specific zoonotic diseases that are reportable to the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, Bureau of Animal Health pursuant to 105 CMR 300.140: African swine fever, Anthrax, Avian influenza - H5 and H7 strains and any highly pathogenic strain, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), Brucellulosis, Chronic wasting disease of cervids, Foot and mouth disease, Glanders, Exotic Newcastle disease, Plague (Yersinia pestis), Q Fever (Coxiella burnetti), Scrapie, Tuberculosis, Tularemia (Francisella tularensis); or
(2) Infected with diseases designated by the State Epidemiologist and the State Public Health Veterinarian as presenting a risk to human health; or
(3) Inoculated with infectious agents for purposes including, but not limited to, the production of biologicals or pharmaceutical testing.
Type E - Sharps: Discarded medical articles that may cause puncture or cuts, including, but not limited to, all needles, syringes, lancets, pen needles, Pasteur pipettes, broken medical glassware/plastic ware, scalpel blades, suture needles, dental wires, and disposable razors used in connection with a medical procedure. (Again sharps can not be mixed with any other wastes).
Type F - Biotechnology By-Product Effluents: Any discarded preparations, liquids, cultures, contaminate solutions made from microorganisms and their products including genetically altered living microorganisms and their products.