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| 85 | | Red | Anatomical waste | Incineration | | 85 | | Red | Anatomical waste | Incineration | |
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| + | 87 | A needle used to administer a peptide preparation falls in the yellow stream under this scheme, because it is contaminated with a medicinal product; a lancet used for capillary blood sampling falls in the orange stream.{{r|htm0701}} | |
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| 87 | === Fill limits and their rationale === | 89 | === Fill limits and their rationale === |
| 88 | The three-quarters fill convention exists to preserve headroom, so that a sharp can be dropped in without contact with the contents and so that the container closes without compression. Injury reports associated with overfilled containers describe two mechanisms: contact with protruding sharps at the aperture, and puncture through the container wall when a full container is compressed during closure or transport.{{r|epinet,iso23907}} | 90 | The three-quarters fill convention exists to preserve headroom, so that a sharp can be dropped in without contact with the contents and so that the container closes without compression. Injury reports associated with overfilled containers describe two mechanisms: contact with protruding sharps at the aperture, and puncture through the container wall when a full container is compressed during closure or transport.{{r|epinet,iso23907}} |