As the name suggests, medical waste is generated by hospitals, clinics, blood banks, clinical laboratories, and other medical institutions. These wastes are contaminated by blood, body fluids, and other potentially infectious substances. For example, used and discarded needles, syringes, human tissues, blood and body fluids, and hospital radioactive waste are medical waste.

According to a study, medical institutions in the United States produced 5.9 million tons of medical waste every year, accounting for 14.75% of the total amount of waste (250 million) in the United States.

According to a report published by NCBI, 28.8% of the waste comes from private hospitals, while public hospitals account for 57.9% of the generation of biohazardous waste.

Considering that Medical Bio Waste is polluted by body fluid, blood, and infection, it also poses a threat to life and the environment. Improper Disposal of Medical Waste may lead to the following risks:

• Syringes appear on the beach
• Infectious blood is dumped in landfills, destroying miles of soil
• Pathogens contaminate the drinking water supply and air
• People and animals will suffer from fatal diseases after contacting with medical waste

It can't be ignored that improper disposal will bring legal punishment to your medical institution.

Red and Yellow Biohazard Bags simplify the treatment of medical waste:

Red and Yellow Biohazard Bags are commonly used to separate medical waste. If you run a small medical facility, such as a dental clinic or a general practitioner's clinic, these are affordable and simple ways to deal with your biohazardous waste. Red and Yellow Biohazard Bags are used to store different types of medical waste. However, due to negligence or lack of awareness, some medical institutions often mix waste.

So it's necessary to know what to put in a red bag, or what to put in a yellow bag.

Red Biohazard Bag:

The Red Biohazard Bag is used to collect human anatomy waste, including semen, saliva, tissues, organs, animal corpses, and other body fluids. They are also used to handle medical devices, sample swabs, blood-soaked curtains, gloves, and anything that is contaminated by blood or body fluids.

What shouldn't you put in the Red Biohazard Bag?

Only biohazardous wastes, such as blood-contaminated objects and pathological wastes, enter the red bag. You should not put other clinical waste such as chemicals, alcohol, solvents, radioactive waste, lead, pharmaceutical waste, instruments, pipes, food packaging, and beverage containers. Don't throw things into the bag unless there is obvious blood on it.

Yellow Biohazard Bag:

Yellow Biohazard Bags are used to treat clinical wastes such as swabs, dressings, paper towels, dirty gloves, aprons, cushions, and diapers. In addition, these Bio Medical Waste Bags can also be used to collect intravenous infusion tubes and medicine bags, disposable metal parts, and syringe bodies.

What shouldn't you put in the Yellow Biohazard Bag?

Yellow bags can only be used to treat clinical and infectious wastes containing chemicals and drugs. Do not put pathological waste, anatomical waste, domestic waste, non-infectious waste, and placental waste in Yellow Clinical Waste Bags.

Precautions for handling Red Biohazard Bags and Yellow Biohazard Bags:

• Put a biohazard label on the bag
• Seal the bag
• Always wear gloves, aprons, masks, or goggles when handling, changing, or moving bags
• Put biohazard bags in your medical waste container

Don't put them in municipal or city trash cans. These wastes are only collected by licensed medical waste contractors.