Examples:

• Viral supernatant, 
• Liquid culture media, 
• Human blood body fluids, 
• Animal blood/body fluids

Any solid material that is potentially contaminated with recombinant or synthetic nucleic acids, human derived materials BSL 1 & 2 materials such as:

• Gloves 
• Masks 
• Culture plates 
• Gowns 
• Conical tubes

• Razor blades 
• Scalpel Blades 
• Lancets 
• Needles 
• Syringes with or without needles 
• Pasteur Pipettes 
• Broken Glass

Examples:

• micropipette tips
• serological pipettes
• test tubes
• swabs/sticks
• other contaminated items that do not fall under the definition of sharps

Collected in solid walled, leak proof container lined with approved autoclaveable biohazard bag. 

Collect in rigid red sharps container. 

Collect in:

• Sharps container
• Autoclaveable bag
• Biobin

Allow 30 mins contact time with 1:10 bleach or autoclave.

Autoclave in biowaste cycle. 

Do not recap sharps prior to placement in sharps container.

Dispose down the drain with plenty of cold water.

Dispose in regulated medical waste boxes lined with red biohazard bag.

Dispose lab glass that is not broken or has not come in contact with biohazards in designated lab glass boxes