Margy also has extensive teaching experience. She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences from University of California at Berkeley in 1999. The following simplified procedure applies to biological waste on the main campus, but not to the Clinical Sciences Center and the UW Hospital and Clinics. Nothing that goes directly to the landfill may contain pathogens. Such waste must first be decontaminated.
Sharps are instruments that are intended to cut or penetrate skin.
Examples include needles and syringes with needles, lancets, and razor blades. They require special handling and may not go directly to the landfill. Sharps should be placed in a rigid plastic box that has a lid that locks down. These containers, when full, are to be taken by staff to a collection container. Material that is picked up by MERI need not be disinfected, unless it comes from a BL3 facility.