The Biomedical Waste Program works to protect health care workers, environmental health staff, biomedical waste transporters, and the general public from risks associated with potentially infectious biomedical waste.

Biomedical waste handling procedures are reviewed to assure proper identification, segregation, containment, storage, labeling, and disposal of biomedical waste. All facilities must have a Biomedical Waste Plan and provide documentation of annual training in …

If your business will generate sharps (i.e. needles, syringes, lancets, scalpel blades, tattoo needles. etc.) or other types of biomedical waste (i.e. gloves contaminated with blood or body fluids), you are required to obtain a biomedical waste …

How do I treat biomedical waste? Biomedical waste must be treated by steam, incineration, or an alternative process approved by the Department of Health as described in Rule 64E-16.007(4), of the Florida Administrative Code, prior to disposal.

Biomedical waste is any solid or liquid waste which may present a threat of infection to humans. Biomedical waste is further defined in subsection 64E-16.002(2), F.A.C.

biomedical waste is required at all facilities. The plan must include: ♦Description of training for personnel; ♦Procedures for segregating, labeling, packaging, transporting, storing, and treating biomedical waste; ♦Procedure for decontaminating biomedical waste …

Biomedical Waste. Both the Department of Health and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) have responsibilities under this program. The Department of Environmental Protection has primary responsibility for biomedical waste incineration and final disposal.

biomedical waste to ensure that the waste is properly handled to protect public health. Further, this chapter prescribes minimum standards for permitting biomedical waste generators, storage facilities and treatment facilities, and for registering biomedical waste transporters. (2) This chapter does not apply to biomedical waste incinerators.

List of approved biomedcial waste red bags per the Florida Department of Health.

We monitor facilities that generate these types of waste including hospitals, nursing homes, laboratories, funeral homes, dentists, physicians and veterinarians. There are over 400 biomedical waste generators in St. Lucie County.