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Infection Prevention & Control Program <br />Medical Waste Management <br />Waste Minimization <br />The purpose of this program is to provide guidance on the segregation of medical waste <br />from other waste streams and establish proper handling and disposal procedures in <br />accordance with the Medical Waste Management Act, Division 20, Chapter 6. 1, Health <br />and Safety Code. Care Centers are classified asIZ llA I I� <br />There are no medical wastes produced <br />which contain or are comprised ot recogmzable anatomical remains. <br />1. Policy <br />® It is the policy of the company and the Care Centers to segregate medical waste <br />at the point of generation and handle the waste properly using appropriate <br />personal protective equipment and good work practices. <br />All employees and all contract employees shall adhere to the medical waste <br />plan. <br />® Violations of the plan or non -adherence with policy will result in disciplinary <br />action, up to. and including termination of employment and or services. <br />9 Appropriate personal protective equipment shall be donned when exposure to <br />blood and body fluids is possible. <br />® When available needleless systems will be utilized. Safety shields will be <br />engaged immediately following use. Sharps will never be recapped. <br />®Sharps containers will never be filled more than 2/3 hall. <br />0 l .: <br />:I,. ,, . ' i :II. " t • 1. '. t t ,-... • -' ,. • i i, 4. _ . � • !: .:1::• . ! !; -..: / • al:. 1 1.1; 1 7. .• <br />a <br />r •' - ! I ". 1 1 -... ' � 1 " ! 1; � ' 1 1 f:..4 1 --. f �- - , f f" • f � " • :! . `I!1 ! .� �. ;. <br />.. 1 !. 1 -i: t fi fi . i.'..: l' •.:'�� 11 1 `I' �. �'i" ".� 11 T'-` l.�l'. <br />177=1 tH : a tf . 1 • 1 ' . � ! �' _ '1 1: �I'' Il ' • • <br />Medical and pathological human f: animal specimen :aa -I <br />WasteCultures and stocks of infectious agents. <br />from "f . 1 , production of bacteria,or the: ' 1 spores, discarded _ J' <br />and 1 r: ' 1 . ..:.vaccines, culture dishes t. t contaminated devices'.:t. for above. <br />Infection Prevention & Control Program <br />March 2009 <br />