Floors and walls
should be sealed or tiled to allow easy disinfection. If present, the storage room should be connected to a special
sewage system for infectious hospital wastewater. Th compacting of untreated infectious waste or waste with a
high content of blood or other body flids destined for offite disposal (for which there is a risk of spilling) is not
permitted. Sharps can be stored without problems, but other infectious waste should be kept cool or refrigerated at
a temperature preferably no higher than 3 °C to 8 °C if stored for more than a week. Unless a refrigerated storage
room is available, storage times for infectious waste (e.g. the time gap between generation and treatment) should
not exceed the following periods