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UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS (BSI) 5. Disposal of Waste from Patient Rooms a. All trash from -patient rooms with the exception of fluid filled containers can be disposed of in regular trash bags as per usual practice. b. All fluid-filled containers (e.g., auto transfusion and -underwater seal drainage systems, suction cannisters, and hemovacs) are not to be emptied, but are to be disposed of as follows: 1) Obtain red "infectious waste" plastic bag. 2) Place container into the bag and tie it securely closed. Place in a second red bag. if needed for strength. 3) Place red bag in the Infectintis Waste container. c. Wound dressings: All wound dressings ar to be disposed of in a wanner so as to "confine and contain" any blood/body substances that may be present: .1) Small dressings can be enclosed in the disposable gloves used to remove the dressing. Pull.te glove off inside out containing the dressing inside of it. This dressing and gloves can then be discarded into the regular trsh container in the patient's room. 2) Larger dressings should be removed using gloved hands and placed into an impervious bag. This bag can then.be deposited into the regulpr trash container in the patient's •room. 5. Precautions for Invasive Procedures An invasive procedure is defined as a surgical entry into tissues, cavities, or organs or repair of major traumatic injuries, performed in any department of the hospital. The Body -Fluid Precautions. combined with the precautions listed below, will be the minimuza precautions for all such invasive procedures. a. All health-care workers who participate in invasive procedures must routinely use appropriate barrier precautions to prevent skin and mucous -membrane contact with blood and other body fluids of all patients. Gloves and surgical masks must be worn for all invasive procedures. Protective eyewear or face shields will be worn for procedures that commonly result in the generation of droplets, splashing of blood or other body fluids, or the generation of bone chips. Gowns or aprons made of materials that provide a barrier will be worn during invasive procesures that are likely to result in the splashinc of blood or other body fluids.