When you go to the doctor and they draw your blood for tests, what do they do with the blood when theyre done?

Question

When you go to the doctor and they draw your blood for tests, what do they do with the blood when theyre done?

Answer 1

You probably saw the syringe with remainder of blood being discarded in a "sharps box" a yellow plastic box or tin?

That will be collected by a special courier and taken to an incinerator(Maybe at the local hospital) and will be burned along with any other "hospital waste"-dirty dressings etc.

Answer 2

I think it's put in the incinerator along with everything else.

Answer 3

Most labs have a policy where the blood is kept for a certain period of time depending on the test(s) that were ordered.  This time will very from lab to lab.  After this time period, the blood is discarded in biohard boxes/cans that are marked as such.  The waste in those boxes is eventually incenerated.

Answer 4

Drink it