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Gloria Alvarez <br />Environmental Services Coordinator <br />Sutter Tracy Community Hospital <br />1420 N. Tracy Blvd. <br />Tracy, CA 95376 <br />Re: Medical Waste Management Plan <br />Gloria, <br />Thank you for sending Sutter Tracy's Standard Policies and Procedures (apparently being <br />submitted as your mandatory Medical Waste Management Plan) regarding the Guide for <br />Safe Operation of the San -I -Pak Sterilizer and the charts being used to monitor the <br />sterilization process. There are still some issues that need to be addressed regarding the <br />above-mentioned information. <br />It appears the concerns mentioned in the Environmental Health Department (EHD), <br />6/25/04, Medical Waste Inspection Report stating that every load reach the minimum <br />temperature of 250 degrees Fahrenheit for a minimum of 30 minutes is still not included in <br />the Medical Waste Management Plan. There is also no mention about what steps will be <br />taken when a load of medical waste does not achieve the required minimum time and <br />temperature. Both of these issues must be contained within the Medical Waste <br />Management Plan. <br />The charts submitted for the monitoring of the sterilization process are a huge step in the <br />right direction; however, upon review it appears some of the loads are still not reaching <br />the minimum requirements mentioned above. The entries in question have been <br />highlighted and are being returned for your review and clarification. <br />Please submit a completed Medical Waste Management Plan that includes the <br />procedures mentioned above and submit to this office along with an explanation of the <br />sheets in question to my attention by August 20, 2004. <br />Thank you for your attention to this matter. <br />Si cerely, € <br />Kasey L. Foley <br />Lead Senior, REHS <br />ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT <br />9� <br />SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY <br />?•' ='' <br />g� <br />a ?� <br />Donna K. Heran, R.E.H.S. <br />304 East Weber Avenue, Third Floor <br />Unit Supervisors <br />Carl Borgman, R.E.H.S. <br />• <br />Director. <br />Al Olsen, R.E.H.S. <br />Stockton, California 95202-2708 <br />Mike Huggins, R.E.H.S., R.D.I. <br />Douglas W. Wilson, R.E.H.S. <br />cq .. arc <br />Program Manager <br />Telephone: (209) 468-3420 <br />Margaret Lagorio, R.E.H.S. <br />F o a <br />Laurie A. Cotulla, R.E.H.S. <br />Fax: (209) 464-0138 <br />Robert McClellon, R.E.H.S. <br />Program Manager <br />Mark Barcellos, R.E.H.S. <br />July 22, <br />2004 <br />Gloria Alvarez <br />Environmental Services Coordinator <br />Sutter Tracy Community Hospital <br />1420 N. Tracy Blvd. <br />Tracy, CA 95376 <br />Re: Medical Waste Management Plan <br />Gloria, <br />Thank you for sending Sutter Tracy's Standard Policies and Procedures (apparently being <br />submitted as your mandatory Medical Waste Management Plan) regarding the Guide for <br />Safe Operation of the San -I -Pak Sterilizer and the charts being used to monitor the <br />sterilization process. There are still some issues that need to be addressed regarding the <br />above-mentioned information. <br />It appears the concerns mentioned in the Environmental Health Department (EHD), <br />6/25/04, Medical Waste Inspection Report stating that every load reach the minimum <br />temperature of 250 degrees Fahrenheit for a minimum of 30 minutes is still not included in <br />the Medical Waste Management Plan. There is also no mention about what steps will be <br />taken when a load of medical waste does not achieve the required minimum time and <br />temperature. Both of these issues must be contained within the Medical Waste <br />Management Plan. <br />The charts submitted for the monitoring of the sterilization process are a huge step in the <br />right direction; however, upon review it appears some of the loads are still not reaching <br />the minimum requirements mentioned above. The entries in question have been <br />highlighted and are being returned for your review and clarification. <br />Please submit a completed Medical Waste Management Plan that includes the <br />procedures mentioned above and submit to this office along with an explanation of the <br />sheets in question to my attention by August 20, 2004. <br />Thank you for your attention to this matter. <br />Si cerely, € <br />Kasey L. Foley <br />Lead Senior, REHS <br />