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SAN JOAQUIN <br />GENERAL- HOSPITAL <br />Department Administration <br />Page 4 of 17 <br />Effective Date December 2008 <br />Date Replaces July 2007 <br />Title of Policy/Procedure Hazardous Materials and Waste <br />Check the Hazardous Waste Chemical List for your material. If it's on the list, treat it as a <br />hazardous chemical waste. If you don't see your material on this list, determine if it meets any of <br />the characteristics listed below. If your waste meets any of these characteristics, it is a <br />hazardous chemical waste and must be handled according to SJGH Hazardous Waste <br />Guidelines. If you are unsure, assume that a chemical waste is a hazardous waste and handle <br />accordingly until a definitive determination can be made. Strict sewer, air emissions, and landfill <br />regulations require that hazardous waste not be disposed into the drain, evaporated in fume <br />hoods, or disposed with normal trash. <br />Characteristics: <br />Ignitable <br />Flashpoint <140 degrees F <br />Capable of causing fire at standard temperature and pressure through friction, absorption of <br />moisture, or spontaneous chemical changes <br />Is an ignitable compressed gas <br />Is an oxidizer <br />Corrosive <br />Liquid with pH <2 or >12.5 <br />Solid that has pH <2 or >12.5 when mixed with equal weight of water <br />Reactivity <br />Normally unstable and readily undergoes violent change <br />Reacts violently with water <br />Forms potentially explosive mixtures with water <br />Forms toxic gases, vapors, or fumes when mixed with water <br />Is a Cyanide or Sulfide bearing waste which, when exposed to pH conditions between 2 and <br />12.5, can generate toxic gases, vapors, or fumes <br />Is capable of detonation or explosive decomposition if subjected to a strong initiating source or <br />heated under confinement <br />Is readily capable of detonation or reaction at standard temperature and pressure <br />Toxicity <br />Has an acute oral LD50 less than 2,500 mg/kg <br />Has an acute dermal LD50 less than 4,300 mg/kg <br />Has an acute inhalation LC50 less than 10,000 ppm as a gas or vapor <br />Has an acute aquatic 96 -hour LC50 less than 500 mg/I <br />Has been shown through experience or testing to pose a hazard to human health or <br />environment because of its carcinogenicity (carcinogen, mutagen, teratogen), acute toxicity, <br />chronic toxicity, bio -accumulative properties, or persistence in the environment <br />