Proper Dental Waste Management Poster
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C O M M O N W A S T E D O D O N ’ T
Mercury ContainingMaterials
• Place all mercury containing waste, in a wide-mouthed airtight container.
• Dispose of all mercury containing waste with a licensed service.
• Do not put mercury containing materials in the regular garbage, regulated medical waste “red bags” or in sharps containers for disposal.
• Do not flush amalgam waste down the drain or toilet.
• Do not mix with hazardous wastes.
X-Ray Waste• Fixer
• Lead Foil
• Aprons
• Developer*
• Use a hazardous waste hauler to dispose of your fixer, developer*, lead foils, shields and aprons.
• Label your used fixer container “Hazardous Waste – Used Fixer“ along with the date the fixer was first added to the container.
• Recycle used fixer through a reclamation facility, licensed to accept hazardous waste, or through a hazardous waste hauler.
• Do not mix fixer with the developer.*
• Do not dump developer* into a septic system, storm drain, dry well, or on the ground.
• Do not place in regular trash or regulated medical waste containers.
Regulated Medical Waste • Place all contaminated sharps waste in a puncture and leak resistant container that is labeled with the words“Sharps Waste” and the international biohazard symbol or the word “BIOHAZARD”.
• Label “red bag waste” with the words “BiohazardWaste” or the international BIOHAZARD symbol.
• Dispose of regulated medical waste using a licensed hauler for regulated medical waste.
• Do not place sharps directly into red bags.
• Do not overfill sharps containers.
• Do not place sharps containers or regulatedmedical waste in the regular garbage or
hazardous waste containers.
• Do not place regular trash or hazardous waste in regulated medical waste containers.
Pharmaceutical Waste• Expired Medication
• Empty Carpules
• Identify if you have pharmaceutical waste at your office.
• Inventory all pharmaceutical materials and determine if they are considered hazardous or non-hazardous (this is waste characterization).
• Dispose of all pharmaceutical waste properlybased on the waste characterization.
• Do not assume that all pharmaceuticals are non-hazardous.
• Dental Amalgam
• Extracted Teeth Containing DentalAmalgam
• Amalgam Capsules
• Dental Traps
• Thermometers
• Blood Pressure Cuffs
Stericycle, in conjunction
with the ADA, strongly
recommends recycling
as a best management
practice for dental offices.
• Sharps Waste
- needles
- syringes
- scalpels
- blades
• “Red-Bag Waste”
- gauze**
- bandages**
- gloves**
** Soaked with blood and/or other potentially infectious material.
* Follow local and state regulations for disposal of developer.