AS/NZS 3816:1998

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.

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.