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Items in this category and classed as ‘yellow’ waste include the following list when infection is present during their use.
Soft waste includes:
Produced during cosmetic treatments, particularly surgical procedures, yellow soft waste has a high potential of harbouring infection and disease. The high risk of infection could be identified following a local case of MRSA, an outbreak of C.difficile infection on the premises or even an infection the patient themselves carries and is aware of. All such situations will render any protective clothing, dressing materials or tubing that may have come into contact with the infection, as yellow, highly infectious clinical waste.