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Biological Hazards
Biological Hazards
Hazards
• Biological materials that can harm the health of living organisms
• Samples of cultured microorganisms, viruses, prions, parasites, etc.
• Medical wastes (blood, body fluids, body parts, etc.)
• Disposal procedures depend on the biosafety levels. BIOL 368 lab handles
only Biosafety level‐1 materials
• Same procedures for different biological materials
• Different disposal procedures for different types of wastes
Biological hazard sharps
(hard plastic container)
At the bench
Biological Hazardous solid garbage
(non‐sharps)
• Microbe cultures in disposable tubes and plates
• Solid disposable materials used to handle biohazardous materials –
excluding sharps
• Microfuge tubes, pipette tips, etc.
Close lid! Biohazard bag is
autoclaved.
Biological hazard sharps (disposable)
• Disposable glassware and sharp metals (microscope slides,
glass Pasteur pipette, scalpel blades, needles, etc.) used to
handle biohazardous materials Biological hazard sharps
• Don’t put them in a plastic waste bag! (hard plastic container)
Biological hazard
sharps
Cultures in reusable culture vessels
Autoclave and discard the contents.
Wash & reuse the flasks & tubes.