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Page 2 of 3 <br />-Hampers in surgery suites. <br />-Red bags built into birthing beds. They are removed after the birthing process. <br />Yes, I consider one birthing process equal to a single case. <br />Again, use of hampers should be on a very limited basis. Your question reminds me of <br />something our inspector found in L&D recently. They were handcarrying red bags to the <br />storage room, so we told them to discontinue doing that and use a wheeled cart or container <br />from a storage room. The L&D nurse said she didn't want the patients to have to look at a <br />biohazardous container Of course, wheels are not required, but often used for trash or medical <br />waste transport. <br />This begs the question of letting L&D use a hamper. It is your discretion as an EA. Now that I <br />think more on it, 1 would say no hampers in L&D, because it is different than a sterile surgery <br />area. <br />From: Alfonso Arambula [EH] [mailto:aarambula@sjcehd.com] <br />Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 3:13 PM <br />To: Dabney, Alison (CDPH-DDWEM) <br />Cc: Robert McClellon [EH] <br />Subject: RE: Medical Waste Containers <br />Hello Alison, <br />Thank you for your response although, I am unclear what is a single -case usage. Does single case <br />usage only apply to a patient going through the birthing process in a birthing chamber/ labor & delivery <br />room and thus the hamper can be used in that time period? Or does single -case usage refer to any <br />patient being treated in any patient room thus a hamper may be used as long as immediately after <br />completion of treatment the red -bag is removed and placed in a proper container? <br />Thanks again <br />Alfonso <br />San Joaquin County <br />Environmental Health Department <br />600 E. Main Street. Stockton, CA 95202 <br />Email: aarambulaCa.sjcehd.com (209) 468-9673 <br />EHD Website: http://www.sigov.org/ehd Fax (209) 468-8392 <br />From: Dabney, Alison (CDPH-DDWEM)[mailto:Alison.Dabney@cdph.ca.gov] <br />Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 1:12 PM <br />To: Alfonso Arambula [EH] <br />Cc: Robert McClellon [EH] <br />Subject: RE: Medical Waste Containers <br />Hi Alfonso, <br />We only allow hampers in surgical suites. Also, they must be used for a single case, not <br />9/13/2012 <br />