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0 003010001 11MV51.1 V M 20 8 a. The storerooms on the East and West wings, next to the fire doors, is designated as the Infectious Waste Storage area. b. A sign has been posted on the door in red with white lettering. It reads in English and Spanish, "Caution - Infectious Waste Storage Area, Unauthorized Persons Keep Out". c. The Storeroom is to be kept locked. d. The Infectious Waste will be stored in a tightly covered garbage con- tainer, labeled, "Infectious Waste". e. Infectious Waste will be double bagged in red plastic bags, labeled "Infectious Waste", securely tied and dated. a. All Infectious Wastes will be disposed of in the red "Infectious Wastes" bin, located in the rear of the building. b. Stockton Scavenger Service picks up and disposes of the Infectious Wastes twice each week. Infectious Wastes are defined as: 1. Significant laboratory wastes including pathologic specimens (which shall in- clude all tissues, specimens or blood elements, excreta and secretions ob- tained from patients) and disposable fomites (an object or article that is not in itself harmful but is able to harbor pathogens and may serve as an agent to transmit infection) attendant thereto. To include: all dressings, tubing, catheters, drainage bags, colostomy supplies, sharps, swabs, etc. a. All used needles, syringes and other sharps are to be disposed of in the "Sharps Collector"* provided at each Nurses' Station. b. When three-quarters full, the "Collector" will be sealed with the attached cap, deposited into a labeled Infectious Waste bag, sealed and transported to the Infectious Waste storage area on each Nurses' Station. 2. Equipment, instruments, utensils and fomites of a disposable nature, from the rooms of patients with suspected or diagnosed communicable disease requiring isolation. 3. Nothing in this procedure shall be construed to limit the authority of the local health officer to require waste to be treated as infectious. *The "Sharps Collector" is a red, rigid plastic, puncture -proof container with a special one-way opening. Attached to each container is a cap which is used to seal it prior to disposal. The "Collector" is labeled "Infectious Waste" and is marked with a "-FILL TO THIS LEVEL ONLY-" line.