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w Page 2 of 3 Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 10:15 AM To: Kendle, John - SJMC Cc: Donna Heran [EH] Subject: FW: Medical Waste Containers John, please see below for Alison's response to the question regarding hampers. If you have any questions you can call her. She is the Chief for that program. I have provided her contact information below. If you have an opportunity to send over that spread sheet regarding the repairs, I would appreciate that. Thanks Robert Alison Dabney, Chief Medical Waste Management Program Department of Public Health P O Box 997377 MS 7405 Sacramento, CA 95899-7377 916-449-5692 fax 916-449-5665 From: Dabney, Alison (CDPH-DDWEM)[mailto:Alison.Dabney@cdph.ca.gov] Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 9:34 AM To: Alfonso Arambula [EH] Cc: Robert McClellon [EH] Subject: RE: Medical Waste Containers We began our policy on kickbuckets and hampers because of the healthcare staff wanting a container available for a specific usage. Here are some examples: -Kickbuckets in a trauma area: ER or trauma treatment room. They are to be emptied immediately after treatment of the patient is finished. -Hampers in surgery suites. -Red bags built into birthing beds. They are removed after the birthing process. Yes, I consider one birthing process equal to a single case. Again, use of hampers should be on a very limited basis. Your question reminds me of something our inspector found in L&D recently. They were handcarrying red bags to the storage room, so we told them to discontinue doing that and use a wheeled cart or container from a storage room. The L&D nurse said she didn't want the patients to have to look at a biohazardous container Of course, wheels are not required, but often used for trash or medical waste transport. This begs the question of letting L&D use a hamper. It is your discretion as an EA. Now that I think more on it, I would say no hampers in L&D, because it is different than a sterile surgery area. From: Alfonso Arambula [EH] [mailto:aarambula@sjcehd.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 3:13 PM To: Dabney, Alison (CDPH-DDWEM) Cc: Robert McClellon [EH] Subject: RE: Medical Waste Containers Hello Alison, Thank you for your response although, I am unclear what is a single -case usage. Does single case usage only apply to a patient going through the birthing process in a birthing chamber/ labor & delivery room and thus the hamper can be used in that time period? Or does single -case usage refer to any patient being treated in any patient room thus a hamper may be used as long as immediately after completion of treatment the red -bag is removed and placed in a proper container? Thanks again 1/30/2012