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2 of 3 <br />REVISION DATE <br />SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT 9/91 <br />3. MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL: <br />All medical waste as defined in California Administrative Code, Title 22 <br />and syringes and needles will be stored and disposed of in the following <br />manner: <br />(a) Medical wastes generated in all areas of.the Medical Office will be <br />placed in waste receptacles, double lined with red plastic liners, <br />.or in special. double red lined white cardboard containers marked <br />Biohazard. Waste, , and bearing. the "Bo2iazard Symbol.— <br />Environmental Service Aides will.collect all double red.bagged. <br />medical waste, tie off securely and transport to the Medical..Waste <br />storage roots for further transporting by American. Environmental <br />Management Corp.,.to..their.incinerator.faci.lity..located at 11855 <br />White Rock Road, Rancho Cordova, California 956701. (916) 985-6666 <br />Special .,double.red .bagged lined. white. cardboar.d.containers marked <br />Biohazard.Waste will be collected by Bnvironmental..S"ervice Aides, <br />bags. -tied of i- .securely, ;box taped.. closed -and -transported.:to: medical <br />waste storage room for-fuither•transporting by above mentioned <br />company:.. <br />(b) Pathologic'"specimens stored in plastic containers .designated for' <br />incineration will -be plainly marked for:same and will be afforded <br />special.handling.by the -Medical -Office Environmental, Service Aide <br />who will pick-up..designated containers from the Pathology Department <br />and transport them.to'the Meldical.Waste storage locker for further <br />:..transporting by American Environmental Management Corp., to their <br />incinerator facility. <br />..(c) Ail medical..wastes will be kept separated from non-medical solid <br />wastes in the -collecting and transporting procedures.in order to <br />insure that Medical wastes are not:disposed of in the trash <br />disposal facility. <br />(d) Medicalwastes are picked up daily at designated pick-up areas by. <br />*the Medical Office Utility Environmental Service Aides and <br />transported to'the designated holding area where they are placed <br />in special cardboard containers marked -Biohazard Waste. <br />(e) Antineoplastic Waste: Transported in the same manner as medical <br />waste to the Hazardous.Waste room and placed in containers <br />designated for Chemo Therapy Waste. <br />01179-105 (12-89) <br />