Regulator guidance

Clinical waste management

NSW Health. Published page, New South Wales.

Version: Current as at 14 September 2026
Last read: 7 October 2026

NSW Health's page describing clinical waste, including skin penetration activity, saying that waste treated by a method the EPA approves in writing stops being clinical waste, and linking policy directive PD2020_049 for health care facilities.

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