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Transport of Medical Waste Under thimited Quantity Hauling Exemption" <br />Pa ent Accounting <br />Patient Relations <br />Payroll <br />Pharmacy <br />Pharmacy-Linacia <br />Plant Operations/Maintenance <br />Public Relations <br />Purchasing <br />Quality Management <br />Rehabilitation Services <br />Respiratory Therapy <br />Risk Management <br />Safety Management <br />Security <br />Social Services <br />Staff Development/Medical <br />Education <br />Surgery -Inpatient <br />Surgery -Outpatient <br />Surgery -PACU <br />Surgery -Pre -Admit <br />Surgery -Pre -Op <br />Surgery -Sterile Processing <br />Utilization Management <br />Volunteer Services <br />Warehouse <br />Wound Care <br />Owner(s): Ventress Sanford-Ware/Dameron <br />Mark Koenig/Dameron <br />Priority: <br />Identification 50-09-0001 <br />Number: <br />Status: 4. Approved <br />Approval Date: 02/26/2008 <br />Version Number: <br />Document Body <br />Page 2'of4 <br />r' <br />• <br />Contributing <br />Departments: <br />Manual Name: <br />Safety & Security Management <br />Manual Category / <br />Hazardous Materials & Waste <br />Chapter: <br />Management <br />Restricted to <br />Groups: <br />Start Date: <br />02/26/2008 <br />Monthly Review 12 <br />Interval: <br />Review Date: 02/26/2009 <br />A staff member transporting small quantities of medical waste to the hospital must have <br />current hospital authorization to transport medical waste, and have in their possession at all <br />times while transporting medical waste, the "Limited Quantity Hauling <br />Exemption" (LQHE) document and a tracking document. <br />To comply with the "Medical Waste Management Act of 1980" [Medical Waste <br />Managment Act, Division 20, Chapter 6.1, California Health and Safety Code] as enforced <br />by the San Joaquin County Department of Environmental Health through the Medical <br />Waste Management Program. <br />Definitions: 0 <br />Medical waste - Waste which meets both of the following requirements: <br />http://172.16.0 5/policy/policy.nsfl7dbOebfd3e2lO600872571470079e3a4l2246aabdO24a394b882573a7007l... 4/9/2010 <br />