Item |
No Label Needed
if Universal Precautions Are Used and Specific Use of Container or
Item Is Known to
All Employees |
Biohazard Label |
|
Red Container |
Regulated waste container
(e.g., contaminated sharps container) |
|
X |
or |
X |
Reusable contaminated
sharps container (e.g., surgical instruments soaking in a tray) |
|
X |
or |
X |
Refrigerator/freezer
holding blood or other potentially infectious material |
|
X |
|
|
Containers used for
storage, transport or shipping of blood |
|
X |
or |
X |
Blood/blood products for
clinical use |
No labels required |
|
|
|
Individual specimen
containers of blood or other potentially infectious materials remaining in facility |
X |
X |
or |
X |
Contaminated
equipment needed service (e.g., dialysis equipment; suction apparatus) |
|
X |
|
|
Plus a label specifying where the contamination exists |
Specimens and regulated
waste shipped from the primary facility to another facility for service or disposal |
|
X |
or |
X |
Contaminated laundry |
X* |
or |
X |
or |
X |
Contaminated laundry sent
to another facility that does not use Universal Precautions |
|
X |
or |
X |
*
Alternative labeling or color coding is sufficient if it permits all employees to
recognize the containers as requiring compliance with Universal Precautions. |