Dental Waste Classification

Hi ditzy,

At my work we have the following:

Orange bags for all clinical waste (gloves,pipe,anything used in the mouth,on the face all ppe)

General waste (all pouches,paper without patient details)

Shredding waste for anything with patient details on

Teeth box

Crown n bridge box

Amalgam waste

Lead foil waste

Chemical waste.( xray waste,EC, hypochlorite, internal bleach, etc)

from what i've learnt so far, that is correct. Do you have a seperate bin for the lead out of the x-ray film packets?

My tutor has told me that we should have a soft and hard clinical waste bin

soft - patients and your ppe etc
hard - aspirator tips, 3 in 1 tips etc.

Do you have a HTM 01-05 book?

So

Out of everything that is confusing me its the waste classification - i need to know this for the exam as it is fundamental topic.

I know we have special pots/boxes for amalgam, teeth, crowns/bridges and sharps
And then we have a clinical bin and a general bin.
See ive been told that the general bin is for things like packets and pouches and non dental waste and the clinical bin is for everything else but is this correct?

I am just really confused on this i have tried looking on the internet for learning resources but couldnt find any

If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated