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M g <br />Medical Waste Management Plan <br />Kaiser Permanente - Tracy Medical Center <br />2010 <br />Person responsible for implementing the Medical Waste Management Plan <br />January 1, 2010 <br />Amy Tronolone <br />Office: (209) 735-6383 <br />Environmental Health & <br />Cell: (209) 603-5062 <br />care, medical research, or an industrial laboratory and is <br />Safety Manager <br />capable of puncturing or cutting the skin. Examples include: <br />1. List the types of medical Waste generated at your facility <br />• Biohazardous waste <br />• Sharps (needles, syringes, blades etc.) <br />• Isolation waste <br />• Pathological and surgical waste <br />• Pharmaceutical waste <br />2. Estimate the monthly amount of medical waste generated at your facility <br />• Kaiser Permanente Tracy generates approximately 239 (average of Jan through <br />December 2009) pounds/month. <br />3. Describe the medical waste handling procedures utilized by and applicable to <br />your facility <br />(a) Onsite location and method for segregation, containment, packaging, labeling, <br />and collection <br />• All medical waste is separated and disposed at the point of origin. <br />• Waste will be contained in ether red bags and/or ridged containers with lids. <br />• Waste will be labeled on all side and top to be visible from any lateral direction. <br />• Reusable rigid containers are used to transport medical waste from the department <br />to the containment area. <br />• All containers shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary manner. <br />• Containers are lined with plastic liners and when liners are removed they are <br />placed in bio -hazard bag. <br />• Carts will be cleaned according to Infection Control Policy EC.EV.082 cleaning <br />procedures for medical waste carts. <br />• The method of decontamination is exposure to germicide solution for a minimum <br />of three minutes. <br />The following materials are classified as <br />Labeling Procedures <br />medical/biohazardous waste. <br />Sharps Waste - Any discarded device that was used in patient <br />"Sharps Waste", or the <br />care, medical research, or an industrial laboratory and is <br />Biohazard symbol and <br />capable of puncturing or cutting the skin. Examples include: <br />the word <br />needles; syringes with needles attached; trocars; pipettes; <br />"BIOHAZARD" <br />Revised April 13, 2010 <br />Plan maintained by Manteca/Tracy EVS Department <br />