medical waste - CISMeF

Preferred Label : medical waste;

MeSH definition : Blood, mucus, tissue removed at surgery or autopsy, soiled surgical dressings, and other materials requiring special disposal procedures.;

MeSH synonym : waste, medical; medical wastes; wastes, medical;

MeSH hyponym : waste, pathological; Pathological Wastes; Wastes, Pathological; Pathological Waste;

MeSH annotation : note next heading; DENTAL WASTE is also available; DF: MED WASTE; DENTAL WASTE is also available;

Details

Origin ID

D008506;

UMLS CUI

C0025111;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- analysis [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- medical waste [MeSH concept]
- waste, pathological [MeSH concept]
See also
- Hospital Incinerators [DeCS]
- Hospital Sanitation [DeCS]
- blood-borne pathogens [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Substance [UMLS semantic type]

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