Toxic Waste Treatment

The University of Basrah owns a special teams that have the ability to deal with the toxic waste.


All laboratories in the University of Basrah are subject to surveillance of the usage of toxic substances, whether it was a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear substances. The university has strict procedures for dealing with the toxic waste. As all toxic substances are registered with the Chemical, Bacterial, Radiological and Nuclear Consequences Management Department (CBRN) in the Civil Defense Directorate, and they are dealt with as follows.

 

-These materials are stored, according to type, in special rooms and laboratories equipped to deal with such materials.

-Getting rid of of these materials with strict approvals, and the CBRN committee in the college is informed about the changes in the quantity of those materials.

 -Laboratories that deal with radioactive materials are periodically subjected to a strict monitoring about the level of radiation is monitored, and workers in such laboratories are examined.

-The CBRN sub-committee in each colleges cooperates with the CBRNE department in the Civil Defense Directorate in the governorate to deal with toxic waste.


 


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Laboratory Waste

 As for the toxic waste resulting from the educational and laboratory process in in medical group colleges, the process of getting rid of all kinds of germs is also done by killing with autoclaves, while the rest of the materials are disposed of in an incinerator.

 

 


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Practice on Waste Disposal - Covering Hazardous Materials


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