National Norms and Standards relating to Environmental Health

Health care facilityHealth care general wasteHealth care risk wasteIndustrial wasteLaboratory wasteLandfill siteMajor generatorMiscellaneous substancesMeans whole or part of a private or public institution, facility, building orplace, whether for profit or not, that is operated or designed to provideinpatient or outpatient treatment, diagnostic or therapeutic interventions,nursing, rehabilitation, palliative, convalescent, preventive or other healthcare services.Includes but not limited to human and anatomical waste, infectious humanand anatomical waste, sharps, chemical waste, pharmaceutical wasteand radioactive waste generated by health care professionals, health carefacilities and other non health care professionals such as tattooists andtaxidermists.Refers to infectious waste or which is suspected to contain pathogens;and which normally causes, or significantly contributes to the cause ofincreased morbidity or mortality of human beings.Refers to waste generated as a result of industrial activities such asmanufacturing, maintenance, fabricating, processing or dismantlingactivities, mining activities or the operation of power stations.Refers to human or animal specimen cultures from health care andpathological laboratories; cultures and stocks of infectious agents fromresearch and industrial laboratories; wastes from the production ofbacteria, viruses, or the use of spores, discarded, live and attendedvaccines, and culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate andmix cultures; and waste containing any microbiological specimens sent toa laboratory for analysis.Has same meaning as waste disposal facilityMeans a generator that generates up to 20kg per day of health care riskwaste, including the container, calculated monthly as a daily average, butdoes not include domestic generator.Means substances that maybe difficult to classify according to definitionsin the SABS Code 0228.Nuisance Means nuisance as defined in the National Health Act 61 of 2003.Packaging groupMeans the group symbol that indicates the degree of danger/hazard ofthe primary property of a specific substance in accordance withinternationally recognized classifications (SANS 10228).PermittedPharmaceutical wastePathological wasteRadioactive wastemeans permitted by the Department of Environmental AffairsRefers to pharmaceutical products and medical chemicals that are nolonger usable in human or animal treatment, and that have becomeoutdated or contaminated or are no longer required; anditems contaminated with cytotoxic pharmaceuticalsRefers to diseased animals or animal parts infected with zoonoticdiseases; human and animal tissues, organs, body parts, blood, fluidblood products and body fluids; containers or equipment containing bloodthat is fluid or blood from animals known or suspected to be infected withany zoonotic disease; and human fetuses.means liquid, solid or gaseous materials that contain or contaminated, orare contaminated with, radio nuclidesWaste Means waste as defined in the NEMA Waste Act ..of 2009Subsidiary riskSubstance supplementing the danger risk of another substance asdefined in SANS Code 10228StandardQualitative statements that describe what constitutes acceptable oradequate performance or resources or servicesUnited Nations Number Serial number that consists of four digits and that is assigned todangerous goods by the United Nations Committee of Experts on theTransport of Dangerous Goods as defined in SANS Code 10228DOH. Norms and standards for environmental health in South Africa Feb 2013 112