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AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN All medical waste will be contained separately from other waste at the • point of generation. • Soiled medical waste containers will be cleaned in the following manner: ➢ Containers will be sprayed with disinfectant. ➢ Containers will be washed with detergent. ➢ Containers will be allowed to air dry. STORAGE AREA: The area at AMR San Joaquin Operations is in the basement at the Fresno Operations The storage room is kept looked locked at all times with access limited to Managers, AOC's and Managers. A daily drop off barrel is kept outside of the locked room. This barrel is sorted daily, then transferred into the locked room. 13.0 WORK AREA RESTRICTIONS: 13.1 In work areas where there is a reasonable likelihood of exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials, employees are not to eat, drink, apply cosmetics or lip balm, smoke or handle contact lenses. Food and beverages are not to be kept in areas where blood or other potentially infectious materials are present. 13.2 All procedures will be conducted in a manner that will minimize splashing, spraying, splattering and generation of droplets of blood or other potentially infectious materials. Methods that will be employed at American Medical Response to accomplish this are the use of Personal Protective Equipment, proper disposal and proper placement of contaminated articles into approved plastic bags. 14.0 RESPONSIBILITY: 14.1 Materials Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that the equipment that has become contaminated with blood or other potentially infectious materials shall be examined prior to servicing and shall be decontaminated as necessary. 14.2 San Joaquin County has the responsibility to ensure that all Personal Protective Equipmenf used by the employee is provided without cost to employee. Personal Protective Equipment will be chosen 6