DANB Dental Waste Management 2

Question 1

According to OSHA, what color must sharps disposal containers be in a dental office?

Accepted Answer

Red or orange-red

Answer

Yellow

Answer

White with biohazard symbol

Answer

Any color with a biohazard label

Question 2

Which dental material is classified as hazardous waste requiring special disposal under EPA regulations?

Accepted Answer

Scrap amalgam and amalgam capsules

Answer

Used patient bibs

Answer

Extracted teeth without amalgam

Answer

Dried blood-soaked cotton rolls

Question 3

What is the proper classification of used anesthetic needles and scalpel blades?

Accepted Answer

Regulated medical waste (sharps)

Answer

General medical waste

Answer

Chemical hazardous waste

Answer

Pharmaceutical waste

Question 4

Which type of dental waste can generally be disposed of as regular solid waste?

Accepted Answer

Lightly contaminated gloves and patient bibs

Answer

Used sharps

Answer

Blood-soaked gauze that would release blood if compressed

Answer

Pathological waste from oral surgery

Question 5

What is the EPA-required minimum efficiency rating for dental amalgam separators?

Accepted Answer

95%

Answer

50%

Answer

75%

Answer

99.9%

Question 6

How should extracted teeth containing amalgam restorations be handled?

Accepted Answer

Collected as amalgam/hazardous waste for recycling

Answer

Disposed as regular waste after disinfection

Answer

Placed in sharps containers

Answer

Incinerated with other medical waste