Table 1.

Classification of different components of the waste of medical clinics studied.

Group	Components
Pseudo-household wastes	Tissue paper, dry gas and cotton, paper with nylon coating, coating of syringe and needle package, cardboard, fabrics, disposable cups, paper tape, glass adhesive tape, remnants of foods and beverages, orthopedic plaster, tea waste, laboratory kit covers, plastic, nylon, cigarette filter, food packaging, fruits skins
Infectious wastes	Blood, mucus, feces, urine of patients, clot tube, different small, medium and large disposable test tubes, culture medium of stool, urine, mucus, the specimen container of stool, urine, mucus, and pap smear slides, vials, diagnostic kits, oxalate container, CBC, tissue paper, cotton and gas contaminated with blood and other patient secretions, nylon gloves, latex gloves, suture, plastic syringe, tongue depressors, pipette tips, applicator, clot tube
Sharp	Syringe and hypodermic needle, surgical blades, suture needles, lancet, scalpel, broken vials, slides and microscopic slides, broken test tubes
Pharmaceutical	Expired drugs, drug residues, broken thermometers, film processing drugs
Paper	Paper, newspaper, the paper of insurance booklet, the paper of lab results, the visit paper