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A-0 <br /> Medical Waste Segregation,Containment, Labeling, and Collection Procedures: <br /> Medical waste is contained separately from other wastes at the point of generation and placed <br /> in a red biohazard bag, which meets the requirements of Federal, State and Local Regulatory <br /> Agencies.A "biohazard bag" is a disposable red bag that is impervious to moisture and has <br /> strength sufficient to preclude ripping, tearing, or bursting under normal conditions of usage and <br /> handling of the waste-filled bag. The biohazard bag is constructed of material of sufficient single <br /> thickness strength to pass the 165-gram dropped dart impact resistance test as required by <br /> Standard D 1709-85 of the American Society for Testing and Materials (A.S.T.M.) <br /> Documentation from the manufacturer of compliance with these minimum construction <br /> standards will be kept on file in the Staff Development Office. All waste placed in a red bag is <br /> considered to be medical waste. The red biohazard bag (when full) must be tied or otherwise <br /> secured to prevent leakage, spillage or expulsion of contents in the event the bag is dumped <br /> upside down. <br /> Municipal solid wastes are not to be disposed of in medical waste containment devices. <br /> Contaminated waste from isolation patients will be placed in RED biohazard bags labeled with <br /> �—. the words"Biohazard Waste."Any medical waste such as soaked/dripping bloody dressings, <br /> blood tubing/ bags/ hemovacs/ pleuravacs/intact glass or plastic bottles with body fluids, all <br /> disposables soaked or dripping with blood or OPIM, will be placed in the RED biohazard bags <br /> labeled with words "Biohazard Waste" or the word "Biohazard"with international biohazard <br /> symbol. <br /> All sharps waste will be in sharps container labeled with the words "Sharps Waste" and the word <br /> "BIOHAZARD" with the international biohazard symbol. Sharps containers will be rigid puncture <br /> proof containers that when sealed are leak resistant and not able to be reopened without great <br /> difficulty. Sharps containers shall be considered "full' when they reach 2/3 capacity or the <br /> manufacturer's fill line. Lids on filled sharps containers must be snapped closed, taped, or <br /> otherwise sealed to prevent loss of contents prior to disposal. <br /> Medical waste will be stored, handled and transported in rigid containers with tight-fitting lids <br /> labeled with the words°Biohazardous Waste," or the word "Biohazard," and the international <br /> biohazard symbol on the lids and sides so that it will be visible from any lateral direction. <br /> The designated accumulation area of Vienna used for the storage of medical waste containers <br /> prior to transportation or treatment is located next to the municipal solid waste site (dumpster <br />