biohazardous waste

Waste products—e.g., body fluids and tissues—which have the risk of carrying human pathogens. Biohazardous waste often originates from health care facilities and/or research laboratories, and places a relatively small or confined group of people at increased risk for infection during the time necessary for the infectious agent to dry or otherwise become inactive

biohazardous waste

Public health Waste products–eg, body fluids and tissues, which may carry human pathogens; BW often originates from health care facilities and/or research laboratories, and places a relatively small or confined group of people at ↑ risk for infection during the time necessary for the infectious agent to dry or otherwise become inactive. See Regulated waste, Sharps.