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UN/NA 3291 · (Bio)Medical waste, n.o.s.
UN/NA 3291 · ERG 2024 · Guide 158
- UN/NA
- 3291
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- ERG 2024
ERG 2024 lists UN/NA 3291 ((Bio)Medical waste, n.o.s.) under Guide 158, titled “Infectious Substances”.
Material name
| Language | Material name | Guides |
|---|---|---|
| EN | (Bio)Medical waste, n.o.s. | Guide 158 |
| EN | Clinical waste, unspecified, n.o.s. | Guide 158 |
| EN | Medical waste, n.o.s. | Guide 158 |
| EN | Regulated medical waste, n.o.s. | Guide 158 |
| ES | Desechos (Bio) médicos, n.e.p. | Guide 158 |
| ES | Desechos clínicos, n.e.p. | Guide 158 |
| ES | Desechos médicos, n.e.p. | Guide 158 |
| ES | Desechos médicos regulados, n.e.p. | Guide 158 |
| FR | Déchet (Bio) médical, n.s.a. | Guide 158 |
| FR | Déchet d'hôpital, non spécifié, n.s.a. | Guide 158 |
| FR | Déchet médical, n.s.a. | Guide 158 |
| FR | Déchet médical réglementé, n.s.a. | Guide 158 |
3291 on a placard, orange panel or shipping paper
It can stand for any of four ERG 2024 entries: “(Bio)Medical waste, n.o.s.”, “Clinical waste, unspecified, n.o.s.”, “Medical waste, n.o.s.” and “Regulated medical waste, n.o.s.”. All use Guide 158, so the number alone is enough to find the guide. On a numbered orange panel, 3291 is the lower number (how to read an orange panel).
ERG 2024 markings for 3291
3291 is not highlighted in green (no Table 1 entry), and its guide number 158 has no P.
Entries near 3291
By number (yellow pages): before 3291 come UN/NA 3288 Poisonous solid, inorganic, n.o.s. (Guide 151); UN/NA 3289 Poisonous liquid, corrosive, inorganic, n.o.s. (Guide 154) and UN/NA 3290 Poisonous solid, corrosive, inorganic, n.o.s. (Guide 154); after it, UN/NA 3292 Batteries, containing metallic sodium or sodium alloy (Guide 138); UN/NA 3293 Hydrazine, aqueous solution, with not more than 37% hydrazine (Guide 153) and UN/NA 3294 Hydrogen cyanide, solution in alcohol, with not more than 45% hydrogen cyanide (Guide 131).
By name (blue pages): “(Bio)Medical waste, n.o.s.” opens the list and before 1-Bromo-3-chloropropane (UN/NA 2688, Guide 159) and 1-Bromo-3-methylbutane (UN/NA 2341, Guide 130).
By name (blue pages): “Clinical waste, unspecified, n.o.s.” comes after Chromosulfuric acid (UN/NA 2240, Guide 154) and Chromosulphuric acid (UN/NA 2240, Guide 154) and before Coal gas, compressed (UN/NA 1023, Guide 119) and Coal tar distillates, flammable (UN/NA 1136, Guide 128).
By name (blue pages): “Medical waste, n.o.s.” comes after Medical waste, category A, affecting animals only, solid (UN/NA 3549, Guide 158) and Medical waste, category A, affecting humans, solid (UN/NA 3549, Guide 158) and before Medicine, liquid, flammable, poisonous, n.o.s. (UN/NA 3248, Guide 131) and Medicine, liquid, flammable, toxic, n.o.s. (UN/NA 3248, Guide 131).
By name (blue pages): “Regulated medical waste, n.o.s.” comes after Refrigerating machines, containing non-flammable, non-poisonous gases (UN/NA 2857, Guide 126) and Refrigerating machines, containing non-flammable, non-toxic gases (UN/NA 2857, Guide 126) and before Resin solution (UN/NA 1866, Guide 128) and Resorcinol (UN/NA 2876, Guide 153).
Guide 158 · Library
Guide 158 covers 5 UN/NA numbers. The others: UN/NA 2814 Infectious substance, affecting humans; UN/NA 2900 Infectious substance, affecting animals only; UN/NA 3373 Biological substance, category B; UN/NA 3549 Medical waste, category A, affecting animals only, solid.
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