Tiger Stripe Clinical Waste Bag
18 01 04 / Non-Hazardous Offensive/Hygiene Waste
What: Non-infectious recognisable healthcare waste, such as gloves, gowns, nappies and other items
which are not contaminated with infectious bodily fluids, medicines, chemicals or amalgam.
Orange Clinical Waste Bag
18 01 03 / Suitable Alternative Treatment
What: Infectious or potentially infectious soft clinical waste contaminated with blood/bodily fluids e.g.
dressings, swabs, wipes, gloves, gowns, masks, aprons, catheters and blood bags.
NB No medicinally, chemically or amalgam contaminated wastes.
Yellow Lidded Sharps Container
18 01 03, 18 01 09 / Mixed Sharps and Pharmaceutical
What: Hypodermic needles, syringes and syringe barrels including those contaminated with medicines
(not cytotoxic and cytostatic). Used Medicine Vials. Other sharp instruments or items including teeth
without amalgam fillings.
NB sharps contaminated with
medicinal products, partially
discharged sharps and those used
to administer medicines.
Purple Lidded Sharps Container
18 01 08 / Hazardous cytotoxic & cytostatic sharps and pharmaceutical waste
for incineration above 1000 degrees only
What: Sharps, syringe barrels, medicine vials and ampoules (cytostatic and cytotoxic)
contaminated with cytostatic and cytotoxic medicines only, e.g. Chemotherapy drugs,
Depo-Provera, Chloramphenicol.
Order code: SRCL038