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Containers will be allowed to air dry. STO RAG E AR EA: The area at AMR San Joaquin Operations is in the apparatus bay in the deployment area contained within a cyclone fence in the North East corner. The storage area is kept looked locked al all times with access limited to Vehicle Service Technicians and Supervisory staff. 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 WORKAREARESTRICTIONS: 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 AMR 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 The Deployment 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. 14.2San Joaquin County has the responsibility to ensure that all personal Protective Equipment used by the employee is provided without cost to employee. Personal Protective Equipment will be chosen based on anticipated exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials. The protective equipment will be considered appropriate only if it does not permit blood or other potentially infectious materials to pass through or reach the employee's clothing, skin, eyes, mouth, or other mucous membranes under normal conditions of use and for the duration of time which the protective equipment will be used.Additional PPB will be located in the supply area. Examples of blood or OPIM's are vomiting, blood squirting from veins or arteries, open wounds, cuts, known venereal diseases individuals, or any situation where you are likely to be splashed or come into contact with body fluids.