Chemicals and Drugs

Medical Waste

Blood, mucus, tissue removed at surgery or autopsy, soiled surgical dressings, and other materials requiring special disposal procedures.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Blood, mucus, tissue removed at surgery or autopsy, soiled surgical dressings, and other materials requiring special disposal procedures.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Waste, Medical
  • Medical Wastes
  • Wastes, Medical
  • Pathological Waste
  • Waste, Pathological
  • Pathological Wastes
  • Wastes, Pathological

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, analysis, classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

DENTAL WASTE is also available

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History Note

91(78); was see under WASTE PRODUCTS 1978-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Refuse Disposal (1966-1977)

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Tree Numbers

  1. D20.944.460w
  2. N06.850w.460.710.460w

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NLM Classification

WA 790

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Medical Waste. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008506. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008506
  2. Medical Waste. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomedical_waste
  3. Medical Waste. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4915134