System for solidification of liquid medical waste

1. A system for solidification of liquid medical waste comprising:

a medical waste collection container having a liquid supply line to supply liquid medical waste to the medical waste collection container under the influence of a suction,

an absorbent composition sized and shaped to be placed within the medical waste collection container comprising,

a population of superabsorbent polymer particles that are cross-linked internally and on their surfaces, and

a granular chlorine sanitizer mixed with the particles, and

a packet at least partially soluble in an aqueous liquid to be solidified so that the absorbent composition is contained inside the packet and is released upon dissolution of the packet.

2. The system for solidification as claimed in claim 1 further comprising second particles that are electrostatically attracted to the surfaces of the superabsorbent polymer particles.

3. The system for solidification as claimed in claim 2 wherein the second particles are inorganic non-soluble particles.

4. The system for solidification as claimed in claim 2 wherein the second particles are fumed silica.

5. The liquid solidification system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the absorbent composition comprises:

a liquid solidifier of at least 20 grams of the superabsorbent polymer particles per 1000 cc of fluid to be solidified.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1 , further including by weight/weight % ratio of about 5% to 15% of sanitizer to superabsorbent polymer particles.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the packet is made of dissolvable polyvinyl alcohol.

8. The liquid solidification system as claimed in claim 6 , further including an additional by weight/weight % ratio of about 10% to 20% of superabsorbent polymer particles added to the liquid solidifier.