Interpretation Response #00-0296 ([Hospitec] [Mr. Christopher Hahn])

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Interpretation Response Details

Response Publish Date: 11/09/2000

Company Name: Hospitec

Individual Name: Mr. Christopher Hahn

Location State: FL Country: US

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Response text:

November 9, 2000

Mr. Christopher Hahn              &nbsp Ref.  No. 00-0296
Vice-President, Sales
Hospitec
285 Granada Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Dear Mr. Hahn:

This is in response to your letters and conversations with members of my staff concerning the requirements for a regulated medical waste packaging under § 173.197 of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR 171-180).  Specifically, you asked if a plastic sharps container that is puncture-resistant, leakproof, and has passed requirements in 49 CFR Part 178 at the Packing Group 11 performance level is required to have a polyethylene liner (red bag).  You state that the liner was shredded during each test.

If the use a plastic liner is not necessary to that packaging=s performance, such as to satisfy the moisture or leak resistance criteria, there is no requirement under § 173.197 to use a liner.

I hope this satisfies your request.

Sincerely,

Hattie L. Mitchell
Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards

173.197

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