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LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL <br />FACILITIES MANAGEMENT <br />ENVIRONMENT OF CARE <br />MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT <br />MEDICAL WASTE <br />DEFINITIONS BY TYPE <br />D-8420-05 <br />REVISED: APRIL, 2007 <br />PAGE I OF 1 <br />MEDICAL WASTE that may be generated or handled at a Lodi Memorial Hospital facility consists of biohazardous <br />waste, sharps waste, and pharmaceutical waste. These wastes result from patient diagnosis or treatment where blood <br />and certain body fluids or other contaminates exist. Trauma scene waste may be collected at times when ambulance <br />service providers and other emergency responders deliver patients for medical attention. <br />13 fi3mmlyus <br />• Blood or Bodv Fluids <br />Fluid blood or body fluids or items contaminated with blood including containers or discarded <br />equipment containing fluid blood and all materials contaminated with body waste, secretions or <br />vomitus where blood is recognized. <br />• Isolation Waste <br />Waste contaminated with excretion, exudate, or secretions from humans who are isolated due to highly <br />communicable diseases. <br />• Trauma Scene Waste <br />Waste that may be collected at times when ambulance service providers and other emergency <br />responders deliver patients for medical attention. <br />• Pathology Waste — Lodi Memorial Hospital does not generateatp hology waste. <br />All human anatomical parts, surgery specimens and tissue. <br />SHARPS WASTE: <br />Syringes, needles, blades, and broken glass. <br />PHARMACEUTICAL WASTE: <br />Waste medications whether partial dose, empty vial or any and all such waste that contains medications with <br />the exception of chemotherapeutics. <br />• Chemotherapeutic Waste <br />Trace amounts of chemotherapeutic waste. <br />Director Approval: Administrative App rova <br />Name Na e <br />Signature D Si ature Date <br />REVISED: 11/04,7/06 <br />L:\P&P\EOC\D- MEDICAL WASTED-8420-05.doc <br />&N <br />