Urinalysis and Body Fluids 6th Edition by Majorie DiLorenzo, Susan Strasinger

Exercise 16

All of the following should be discarded in biohazardous waste containers except:

A. Urine specimen containers

B. Towels used for decontamination

C. Disposable lab coats

D. Blood collection tubes

Step 1 of 2

Bio-hazardous waste:

Waste containing infectious materials. Example, blood, sharp needles, glass pipettes, and other things that will cause injury when handling it.

• Urine specimen containers are made of infection resistant material. These are not bio-hazardous waste.

• Urine specimen containers won’t have blood or infectious substances.

• Towels, lab-coats, blood collection tubes are bio-hazardous wastes.

Therefore, “urine specimen containers” are not discarded in bio-hazardous waste containers. Hence, the correct answer is option.