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UN/NA 3549 · Medical waste, category A, affecting animals only, solid
UN/NA 3549 · ERG 2024 · Guide 158
- UN/NA
- 3549
- Edition
- ERG 2024
ERG 2024 lists UN/NA 3549 (Medical waste, category A, affecting animals only, solid) under Guide 158, titled “Infectious Substances”.
Material name
| Language | Material name | Guides |
|---|---|---|
| EN | Medical waste, category A, affecting animals only, solid | Guide 158 |
| EN | Medical waste, category A, affecting humans, solid | Guide 158 |
| ES | Desechos médicos, de categoría A, que afectan a las personas, sólidos | Guide 158 |
| ES | Desechos médicos, de categoría A, que afectan a los animales únicamente, sólidos | Guide 158 |
| FR | Déchets médicaux infectieux pour les animaux uniquement, catégorie A, solides | Guide 158 |
| FR | Déchets médicaux infectieux pour l’homme, catégorie A, solides | Guide 158 |
3549 on a placard, orange panel or shipping paper
It can stand for either of two ERG 2024 entries: “Medical waste, category A, affecting animals only, solid” and “Medical waste, category A, affecting humans, solid”. Both use Guide 158, so the number alone is enough to find the guide. On a numbered orange panel, 3549 is the lower number (how to read an orange panel).
ERG 2024 markings for 3549
3549 is not highlighted in green (no Table 1 entry), and its guide number 158 has no P.
Entries near 3549
By number (yellow pages): before 3549 come UN/NA 3546 Articles containing toxic substance, n.o.s. (Guide 151); UN/NA 3547 Articles containing corrosive substance, n.o.s. (Guide 154) and UN/NA 3548 Articles containing miscellaneous dangerous goods, n.o.s. (Guide 171); after it, UN/NA 3550 Cobalt dihydroxide powder (Guide 151); UN/NA 3551 Sodium ion batteries (Guide 147) and UN/NA 3552 Sodium ion batteries contained in equipment (Guide 147).
By name (blue pages): “Medical waste, category A, affecting animals only, solid” comes after Matches, safety (UN/NA 1944, Guide 133) and Matches, wax “vesta” (UN/NA 1945, Guide 133) and before Medical waste, n.o.s. (UN/NA 3291, Guide 158) and Medicine, liquid, flammable, poisonous, n.o.s. (UN/NA 3248, Guide 131).
By name (blue pages): “Medical waste, category A, affecting humans, solid” comes after Matches, safety (UN/NA 1944, Guide 133) and Matches, wax “vesta” (UN/NA 1945, Guide 133) and before Medical waste, n.o.s. (UN/NA 3291, Guide 158) and Medicine, liquid, flammable, poisonous, n.o.s. (UN/NA 3248, Guide 131).
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 3291 (Bio)Medical waste, n.o.s.; UN/NA 3373 Biological substance, category B.
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