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Animal Bedding (contaminated with pathological agents)

​​​Animal bedding contaminated with infectious or pathological agents must be disposed of as MPW. Animal bedding contaminated with cytotoxic, cytostatic, or neoplastic drugs that cannot be decontaminated through autoclaving must be disposed of as MPW.


For disposal of uncontaminated animal bedding, please follow the information listed under composting in this link.




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