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v <br />Infection Prevention & Control Program <br />• Discarded waste from specimens sent to the laboratory. <br />• Waste materials contaminated with excretion, exudate, or secretions from humans <br />who are isolated by the infection control staff or attending physician. <br />Medical Waste - All of the following: <br />• Biohazardous waste or sharps waste. <br />• Waste generated or produced, as a result of the diagnosis, treatment, or <br />immunization of human beings or animals. Medical waste may be infectious. <br />Sharps Waste - Any device having acute rigid corners or edges, or projections capable <br />of cutting or piercing, including: <br />• Hypodermic needles, syringes, blades and needles, lancets <br />• Broken glass items, pipettes and vials contaminated with other medical waste. <br />A. To containerize or store medical waste, employees shall do the following: <br />o Medical waste shall be contained separately from other waste at the point <br />of origin. <br />o Biohazardous waste shall be contained in a red biohazard bag <br />conspicuously labeled with the words "Biohazardous Waste" or with the <br />international biohazard symbol and the word "Biohazard". <br />o Sharps containers must be rigid; puncture and leak resistant when sealed, <br />cannot be reopened without great difficulty, and properly labeled. Sharps <br />containers may be placed in the red biohazard bags. <br />o All bagged medical waste shall not be removed from the bags. <br />o All red biohazard bags shall be identified with the name of the college. <br />B. 1 containerize biohazardous waste in a biohazard i,g.employees 1!s <br />the following <br />• The bags shall be tied to prevent leakage or expulsion of contents during <br />all future storage, 1./r l• or transport. <br />resistant• Biohazardous red bags must be placed for storage, handling, or transport <br />in a rigid or disposable container. The containers must be: <br />a. Leak • fitted with tight covers. <br />sSanitary1r in •••r repair. <br />c. Can 1' anycolor. <br />d. Must be labeled with the words "Biohazardous Waste" or with the <br />international biohazard symbol 1r 1' word "Biohazard" 1a' 1. <br />r . • on 1' sides so as to be visible from any lateral direction. <br />Infection Prevention & Control .Program <br />March 2009 <br />