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AS/NZS 3816:1998

Superseded

Superseded

A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

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Management of clinical and related wastes

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF 1 User , PDF 3 Users , PDF 5 Users , PDF 9 Users

Language(s)

English

Published date

05-06-1998

Superseded date

23-10-2025

Superseded by

AS/NZS 3816:2018

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Summarise this standard

Sets out requirements for the identification, segregation, handling, storage, transport, treatment and ultimate safe disposal of clinical and related wastes which may be hazardous, in an environmentally responsible manner. Wastes arising from medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, laboratory, pharmaceutical, podiatry, tattooing, body piercing and mortuary practices, inter alia, are dealt with in the Standard.

Committee
HE-011
DocumentType
Standard
ISBN
0 7337 1973 2
Pages
9
PublisherName
Standards Australia
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes
UnderRevision

This Standard sets out requirements for the identification, segregation,handling, storage, transport, treatment and ultimate safe disposal of clinical and relatedwastes which may be hazardous, in an environmentally responsible manner in order toreduce the impact to human health and safety. Such wastes include, but are not restrictedto, wastes arising from medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, laboratories, pharmaceutical,podiatry, tattooing, body piercing, brothels, emergency services, blood banks, mortuarypractices and other similar practices, and wastes generated in health care facilities or otherfacilities during the investigation or treatment of patients or in research projects.

First published in New Zealand as NZS 4304:1990.
Jointly revised and redesignated AS/NZS 3816:1998.

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