Al-Bayan University has been keen on preserving the public health of the individual, society and the environment by spreading awareness among students, staff and employees about the necessity of classifying the waste produced in all laboratories in preparation for transporting it to the treatment site in accordance with health and environmental controls and mechanisms to maintain public safety in accordance to the recommendations of the ministerial department concerned with implementing the program of evaluating procedures and standards for biosecurity in laboratories and research centers according to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research / Department of Private University Education – Administrative Division.
To facilitate this, a committee for treating medical waste and hazardous materials has been formed, which is concerned with receiving the detached materials in the laboratories of the university faculties and on a regular basis, where the following are collected:
- Chemical wastes (Waste products) in dark bottles with the materials labeled with an adhesive mark; This is to prepare it and then transfer it to the Department of Hazardous Chemical and Biological Waste Treatment and Destruction / Ministry of Science and Technology.
- Biological waste: It includes (samples of serum, or blood, saliva, various swabs, laboratory slides, and syringes, as well as prick tools for taking blood samples), and they are collected in special containers in preparation for transport to the incinerator.
- Samples and culture media for the growth of bacteria: they are destroyed weekly by collecting them in a bag and putting them in a wet pressure oven (Autoclave) for half an hour; Then they are collected in specific containers for transportation to a special incinerator.
University activities in this field:
- Conducting educational workshops and lectures for laboratory officials and the rest of the teaching staff on how to safely handle and sort hazardous waste according to international health controls.
- Training service personnel in the scientific branches and increasing their awareness of the type of waste, how to safely transport, and not mixing hazardous materials with materials and general waste.
- Increasing students’ awareness and setting indicative signs and guidance during practical application of the types of waste and correct sorting methods.
- Coordination with the Department of Hazardous Chemical and Biological Waste Treatment and Destruction of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
- Provide waste containers marked with yellow color
- Provide yellow and red containers with clear identification marks through color and writing to distinguish the substances that are hazardous to health and the environment from the rest of the materials and to facilitate sorting from the source.
- Provision of distinctive opaque containers for temporary storage of hazardous wastes; In preparation for transporting them to the treatment site, in a regular and safe manner.
