Clinical waste codes Sharps, dressings & other waste from patient care.

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Clinical waste

Australian Capital Territory
Clinical and related waste
ACT: The waste comes from clinical care and has not completed an applicable treatment route.
When to use R100
National reporting
Clinical and related waste
National: The waste comes from clinical care and has not completed an applicable treatment route.
When to use R100
New South Wales
Clinical and related waste
NSW: The waste comes from clinical care and has not completed an applicable treatment route.
When to use R100
Northern Territory
Clinical and related waste
NT: The waste comes from clinical care and has not completed an applicable treatment route.
When to use R100
Queensland
Clinical and related waste
Queensland: The waste comes from clinical care and has not completed an applicable treatment route.
When to use R100
South Australia
South Australia interstate Policy: clinical and related waste
SA interstate policy: The waste comes from clinical care and has not completed an applicable treatment route.
When to use R100
South Australia
Clinical and related waste
SA: The waste comes from clinical care and has not completed an applicable treatment route.
When to use R100
Tasmania
Clinical and related waste
Tasmania: The waste comes from clinical care and has not completed an applicable treatment route.
When to use R100
Victoria
Clinical and related waste
Victoria: The waste comes from clinical care and has not completed an applicable treatment route.
When to use R100
Western Australia
Clinical and related waste
WA: The waste comes from clinical care and has not completed an applicable treatment route.
When to use R100

Other codes that mention it 25

Australian Capital Territory
Discarded medicines and pharmaceuticals
When to use R120
Australian Capital Territory
Pharmaceutical-production waste
When to use R140
National reporting
Discarded medicines and pharmaceuticals
When to use R120
National reporting
Pharmaceutical-production waste
When to use R140
New South Wales
Discarded medicines and pharmaceuticals
When to use R120
New South Wales
Pharmaceutical-production waste
When to use R140
Northern Territory
Discarded medicines and pharmaceuticals
When to use R120
Northern Territory
Cytotoxic waste
When to use R130

R100 covers waste from clinical care that has not been treated, in the national list and the ACT, NSW & NT lists.

Which code covers clinical and related waste?

R100 is the clinical and related waste entry in the state catalogues. In some catalogues the wording excludes pharmaceutical or cytotoxic waste that is listed separately. Use the more specific description where the list requires it.

Are medicines and cytotoxic waste clinical waste codes?

Read R120, R130 and R140 alongside R100. Waste from using medicines differs from production waste, and cytotoxic substances have a specific entry. Don’t merge them under a general clinical label when the state separates them.

Which exclusions or special routes apply to clinical waste codes?

New South Wales. The clinical-waste definition excludes waste treated by a method approved in writing by NSW Health. Treatment without that approval is not enough. Pharmaceutical waste has a separate commercial-origin definition, and sharps have their own treatment conditions.

Queensland. Schedule 9 Part 3 Division 1 excludes treated clinical waste and related waste treated to make it non-infectious. Untreated clinical waste gets no such exclusion.

Tasmania. Tasmania has an approved management method for clinical and related waste. Use that method or the right authority. The code by itself doesn’t authorise handling or disposal.

The shared classification and movement limits for clinical waste codes are on the Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory pages.

What do you do next with clinical waste codes?

For clinical waste, confirm whether an approved treatment has changed its status. Then use the licensed clinical-waste transporter and the receiving route that still applies.

Sources

State-specific examples are labelled. Choose the state before using a candidate.