Is biohazard waste the same as biomedical waste?

No. Biohazard describes a risk classification, meaning material capable of causing infection or harm. Biomedical waste is the regulated waste stream defined by provincial law, and the term only applies once that material is discarded. In everyday healthcare use the two get treated as interchangeable, and most Canadian regulations use biomedical waste as the formal term. Daniels Health works from the provincial definitions when we set up segregation for a facility, because those are the ones an inspector applies.