HAZ1 federal waste code Used sharps, dressings & human or animal health care waste.

What does Federal HAZ1 cover?

HAZ1 includes specified human tissues, blood and blood-contaminated fluids, animal material linked to suspected Class 6.2 infection, cultures, vaccines and items that touched them, blood-saturated items, and cytotoxic drugs or equipment that touched them. It excludes urine, feces, Health of Animals Act waste, animal-raising waste and ordinary building, office or food waste.

Official wording

(1) Biomedical waste — the following waste, other than that set out in subitem (2) or that generated from building maintenance, office administration or food preparation and consumption, that is generated by human or animal health care establishments, medical, health care or veterinary teaching or research establishments, clinical laboratories or facilities that test or produce vaccines, and needle and syringe exchange programs: (a)human tissues, organs or body parts, excluding teeth, hair or nails; (b)human blood or blood products; (c)human bodily fluids that are contaminated with blood; (d)human bodily fluids that are removed in the course of autopsy, treatment, or surgery for diagnosis; (e)animal tissues, organs, body parts or carcasses, excluding teeth, nails, hair, bristles, feathers, horns and hooves, that result from the treatment of an animal for contamination or suspected contamination with an infectious substance that meets the criteria for inclusion in Class 6.2 as set out in Part 2 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations; (f)animal blood or blood products that result from the treatment of an animal for contamination or suspected contamination with an infectious substance that meets the criteria for inclusion in Class 6.2 as set out in Part 2 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations; (g)animal bodily fluids that are visibly contaminated with animal blood and that result from the treatment of an animal for contamination or suspected contamination with an infectious substance that meets the criteria for inclusion in Class 6.2 as set out in Part 2 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations; (h)animal bodily fluids that are removed in the course of surgery, treatment or necropsy, and that result from the treatment of an animal for contamination or suspected contamination with an infectious substance that meets the criteria for inclusion in Class 6.2 as set out in Part 2 of the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations; (i)live or attenuated vaccines, human or animal cell cultures, microbiology laboratory cultures, stocks or specimens of microorganisms and any items that have come into contact with them; (j)any items that are saturated with the blood or bodily fluids referred to in paragraphs (b) to (d) or (f) to (h), including items that were saturated but have dried; and (k)cytotoxic drugs and any items, including tissues, tubing, needles or gloves, that have come into contact with a cytotoxic drug. (2) Biomedical waste does not include the following: (a)urine or feces; (b)waste that is controlled under the Health of Animals Act; or (c)waste that results from the breeding or raising of animals.

Rule

SOR/2021-25

Which codes sit beside Federal HAZ1?