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French to English translations [PRO] Medical - Medical: Health Care / medical waste management | | French term or phrase: DAOM | DAOM = Déchets Assimilables aux Ordures Ménagères
I am looking for an acronym in English for the equivalent of DAOM, which roughly is "medical waste comparable to household refuse" in my text, as opposed to DASRI (Déchets d'Activité de Soins à Risques Infectieux), which I have translated as IMW (infectious Medical Waste) . Does one exist? I've been unsuccessful in my search so far, google included.
TIA for any suggestions |
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Reference information: just doing something in this line - have found: Potentially infectious medical waste
http://www.epa.state.il.us/land/waste-mgmt/potentially-infec...
Special Requirements for Small Generators of Potential Infectious Medical Waste (PIMW)
In order to improve the management of medical waste, the Illinois Environmental Protection Act was amended by adding Title XV (Public Act 87-752, House Bill 2491). This Title establishes statutory and regulatory requirements to ensure that Potentially Infectious Medical Waste (“PIMW”) will be handled in a safe and responsible manner. PIMW has replaced the term Hazardous (Infectious) Hospital Waste in the Illinois Environmental Protection Act and related regulations when describing medical waste.
http://www.isds.org/LawsLegislation/RegulatoryIssues/PIMWD/P...
Items that are defined as PIMW are:
* Sharps
* Human blood and blood products (includes liquid human blood, products of blood, items saturated with blood, and items that were saturated with blood and are now caked with blood.)
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* Cultures and stocks of
* Animal waste including carcasses, body parts and bedding of animals that were known to have been exposed to infectious agentsduring research
* Items contaminated with blood from animals that were known to have been exposed to infectiouagents during research
http://www.cehs.siu.edu/Biological/Potentially-Infectious-Me...
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