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FiVESTAR Policy Number CLAP-3047 <br /> QUALITY CARE, INC. Policy Date: V1101 <br /> BIOHAZARD/REGULATED Policy Sponsor: Clinical/Infection Prevention <br /> MEDICAL WASTE <br /> STANDARDS OF PRACTICE <br /> DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS <br /> Briggs Regulated Waste Collection Form <br /> Waste Transfer Manifests from Disposal Company <br /> 1.0 PURPOSE <br /> These practices, along ended olth the use min minimize thefriskoves and of exposure appropriate <br /> tpersonal <br /> and <br /> quipment, are intto esidents and <br /> employees. <br /> 2.0 FUNDAMENTAL INFORMATION <br /> 2.1 DEFINITIONS <br /> Regulated Waste <br /> Categories of waste that require special handling: <br /> • Liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious materials, <br /> . Items contaminated with blood or other potentially infectious materials, and which <br /> would release these substances in a liquid or semiliquid state if compressed. <br /> Items caked with dried blood or other potentially infectious materials that could be <br /> released during handling, <br /> Contaminated sharps, <br /> Pathological and microbiological wastes containing blood or other potentially infectious <br /> materials <br /> s Additional categories of waste may be determined by local and/or state regulations. <br /> Ten (10) mi of blood on a disposablei bed sheet ball would lkelyuld acause sat�raton(andrr+uplpalted <br /> waste), 10 ml of blood an a cottor <br /> (regulated waste). <br /> 11dt9� CL-IFS-3047 Biohazard/Regulated N19dicsl waste Standards of Practice <br /> page 1 of 3 <br />