Veterinarian infectious waste containment system

A veterinarian infectious waste containment system for a sick animal comprising:

• an animal cage having a closable cage door, an interior, and said interior of said animal cage having side walls;
• a fluidic ingress line;
• a fluidic egress line;
• a removable waste collection pan receivable in said animal cage, said waste collection pan connectable to said ingress line, having an inlet, an outlet connectable to said egress line, and means connected to said inlet for flushing waste from said removable waste collection pan;
• a shroud positionable in said animal cage on top of said waste collection pan, said shroud partially covering said interior side walls of said cage;
• an animal resting platform supported above said waste collection pan by said shroud;
• valve means for controlling flow of fluid through said fluidic ingress line;
• valve means for controlling flow of fluid through said fluidic egress line;
• a disinfectant container for storing a disinfectant;
• a disinfectant line connecting said disinfectant container to said fluidic ingress line for the delivery of said disinfectant from said disinfectant container to said fluidic ingress line;
• means for metering delivery of said disinfectant in said disinfectant line;
• and
• valve means for fluidically connecting and interrupting the flow of disinfectant from said disinfectant line to said fluidic ingress line.

A process for containing infectious waste in a veterinarian hospital comprising the steps of:

• supplying water from a water supply source to a removable waste collection pan removable received in an animal cage, said waste collection pan having an inlet for receiving said water, an outlet, and a flushing system, for directing a water flow to flush waste from said waste collection pan;
• selectively adding disinfectant to said water supplied to said removable waste collection pan;
• flushing said removably received waste collection pan with said supplied water containing said disinfectant;
• and
• draining said water and added disinfectant from said waste collection pan through an outlet.