Regulated Medical Waste

Regulated Waste means liquid blood or other potentially infectious materials in a liquid or semi state if compressed; items that are caked with dried blood or other potentially infectious materials and are capable of releasing these materials during handling; contaminated sharps; and pathological and microbiological wastes containing blood or other potentially infectious materials.

The Environmental Protection Agency, ( EPA ), sets definitions, rules and guidelines and allows each state to invoke more stringent guidelines if desired.