| A | B |
|---|
| Contaminated waste | items that have contracted blood or other body secretions |
| Hazardous waste | poses a risk to humans or the environment |
| Infectious waste | capable of causing an infectious disease, contaminated with blood, saliva, or other substances; potentially or actually infected with pathogenic material; officially called "regulated" waste |
| Regulated waste | liquid blood or saliva, sharps contaminated with blood or saliva, and nonsharp solid waste saturated with or caked with liquid or semisolid blood or saliva, or tissue including teeth |
| Medical waste | any solid waste that is generated in the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals in research pertaining to or the production or testing of biologicals and does not include hazardous waste, only a small amount of medical waste is infectious and needs to be regulated |
| Toxic waste | waste capable of having a poisonous effect |
| Sharps | sharps are items with sharp points or edges that can penetrate intact skin or other tissues |
| Sharps containers | closable, leakproof, puncture- resistant container for the disposal of sharps. Containers must be labeled with a biohazard symbol and color coded for easy identification |
| Percutaneous | through the skin injuries involving sharps |
