Paper bags work well for both fresh and dried blood or semen stains, for example. Paper evidence collection bags are also useful for storing fabric and textile evidence because air permeability is beneficial with this type of evidence.
What needs to go in a biohazard bag?
Only biohazardous waste should be placed inside red bags for disposal. Dispose of items such as plastic vaginal speculums, used specimen swabs, used glucose test strips, urine dipsticks, blood-soaked drapes and gloves, and anything contaminated with OPIM in a red bag.
What colors are approved biohazard containers?
In addition, biological materials of human origin that are covered by the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard must be placed in containers that are red or containers that have fluorescent orange or orange-red biohazard labels.
Can biological evidence be put in a plastic bag?
Paper or Plastic? There’s a simple rule of thumb for deciding which type of evidence packaging—wet evidence goes in paper containers (wet evidence can degrade if placed inside plastic containers) and dry evidence goes in plastic. Items that could be cross-contaminated must be packaged separately.
