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PPE waste from home healthcare workers treating patients with COVID-19: RPS C5

When NHS England healthcare workers treating patients with (or suspected) COVID-19 (coronavirus) in their own homes can dispose of PPE waste with the householder's black bag waste.

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Environment Agency
Published
15 April 2020
Last updated
12 March 2021 — See all updates

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This COVID-19 RPS has expired and can no longer be used.

Applies to England

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PPE waste from home healthcare workers treating patients with COVID-19: RPS C5

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Normally personal protective equipment (PPE) waste from healthcare workers treating patients in their own homes would be:

  • coded as healthcare waste (18 01 03* if infectious, or 18 01 04 if non-infectious)
  • collected separately from the patient’s home through a courier collection service, or taken back to the relevant NHS England (NHSE) hospital or practice for disposal

If they follow the conditions in this COVID-19 regulatory position statement (RPS), NHSE healthcare workers treating patients with (or suspected) COVID-19 in their own homes can dispose of PPE waste through the householder’s normal non-recyclable waste collection.

This COVID-19 RPS only applies to PPE waste generated by NHSE healthcare workers treating patients with (or suspected) COVID-19 in their own homes.

Updates to this page

Published 15 April 2020
Last updated 12 March 2021 + show all updates

  1. We have extended the expiry date to 30 June 2021.

  2. We have extended the expiry date of this COVID-19 RPS from 30 September 2020 to 31 March 2021.

  3. The expiry date has been extended to 30 September 2020.

  4. First published.

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