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Page 1 of 1 <br />From: Alfonso Arambula [EH] <br />Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 11:11 AM <br />To: 'gmoses@lodihealth. org' <br />Cc: Robert McClellon [EH]; Benjamin Escotto [EH] <br />Subject: Medical Waste Management Plan <br />Attachments: IMG_5144.jpg; IMG_5145.jpg; IMG_5146.jpg <br />Hello Gayle, <br />The medical waste management plan submitted on 5/21/10 has been reviewed and 4 areas require clarification <br />1.) The estimated total pounds of medical waste removed during a monthly period from each facility (D-8420-10, <br />Section III. Procedure, Subsection A) shows the West Facility generating 4,000 pounds per month. Is this an <br />accurate representation of estimated total pounds of medical waste removed at this Facility? <br />2.) On the Procedure for Medical Waste Segregation, Containment & Labeling - Section III, Subsection C. - <br />Instruction for All Chemotheraputic Waste, including sharps, is to be disposed in yellow collection containers <br />labeled with the words "Chemotherapy Waste" or "Chemo". The EHD requests that All Sharps be disposed in <br />sharps containers, if a sharp in a sharp container has been contaminated through contact with, or having <br />previously contained, chemotheraputic agents then the sharps container shall be segregated for storage, and, <br />when placed in a secondary container, that container shall be labeled with the words "Chemotherapy Waste" or <br />"Chemo". <br />3.) On the Procedure for Transporting Collected Medical Waste - Section Ill, Subsection C - states, "Some Types <br />of medical waste generated at the Main Facility are processed using an autoclaving biohazardous waste <br />sterilizer." The EHD requests subsection C and any other mention in the medical waste management plan <br />depicting treatment onsite to be removed from the MWMP to accurately show that no treatment of medical waste <br />is occurring onsite. <br />4.) Per Chapter 5 Section 117960 (j) of the Medical Waste Management Act - A statement certifying that the <br />information provided is complete and accurate was not found in the MWMP submitted on 5/21/10. <br />Please clarify issue number one and review and submitt a Medical Waste Management Plan (MWMP) to the <br />Environmental Health Department (EHD) with the changes mentioned above. If you have any questions or <br />concerns, feel free to contact me at my email or desk phone 209-468-9673. <br />Thank You, <br />Alfonso Arambula, REHS <br />Note: The photos taken during the inspection on May 21, 2010 are attached to this email <br />5/24/2010 <br />