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dripping with blood", but includes a broad range of items and products that are <br /> contaminated with visible blood such as bloody gloves, sponges used in surgery <br /> (SurgiCount),wound dressings,suction canisters,tubing,specimen cultures, blood <br /> bags and tubes, speculums, etc. Additionally, all items such as dressings, sponges, <br /> gauze,chux with visible dried blood must also be managed as biohazardous wastes. <br /> This is to prevent reintroduction of blood when mixed with non-hazardous liquids <br /> discarded in regular trash and potential waste handling issues at off-site solid waste <br /> facilities. Biohazardous waste does not include urine,feces, saliva, sputum, nasal <br /> secretions, sweat,tears, or vomitus unless they contain or are intermixed with visible <br /> or recognizable blood. <br /> E. Chemotherapy Waste: <br /> 1. Chemotherapeutic agent means an agent that kills or prevents the reproduction of <br /> malignant cells. <br /> 2. There are two classifications of chemotherapy waste, bulk and trace. <br /> a. Bulk chemotherapy waste occupies greater than three(3%) by weight of <br /> the capacity of the container and intravenous solutions. <br /> b. Trace chemotherapy waste which is hazardous only because the waste is <br /> contaminated through contact with, or having previously contained, <br /> chemotherapeutic agents, including, but not limited to personal protective <br /> equipment (PPE): gloves,disposable gowns, surgical booties, surgical <br /> caps, surgical masks, N-95 respirators,cleaning wipes and towels, sharps, <br /> and medication vials or intravenous solution bags with attached tubing <br /> which are empty. <br /> i. If the material which the container or inner liner held is pourable <br /> (i.e., liquid) , no material can be poured or drained from the <br /> container or inner liner when held in any orientation, including, <br /> but not limited to,when tilted or inverted. <br /> ii. If the material which the container or inner liner held is not <br /> pourable (i.e., solid), no material or waste remains in the <br /> container or inner liner that can feasibly be removed by scraping. <br /> iii. A biohazardous waste that meets the conditions is not subject <br /> to the hazardous waste (bulk) requirements of Chapter 6.5 <br /> (commencing with Section 25100) of Division 20. <br /> 3. For the disposal process refer to the Risk Mitigation Chart in the SVMF Hazardous <br /> Drug Handling Policy. <br /> F. Pathology waste: <br /> 1. Human body parts,with the exception of teeth, removed at surgery and surgery <br /> specimens or tissues removed at surgery or autopsy that are suspected by the <br /> health care professional of being contaminated with infectious agents known to be <br /> contagious to humans or having been fixed in formaldehyde or another fixative. <br /> G. Pharmaceutical Waste(as defined in CHSC Section 117747): <br /> SVMF Waste Policy.Retrieved 8/23/2023.Official copy at littp://sh-samf.poticystat.com/policy/13569979/.Copyright rO Page 3 of 14 <br /> 2023 Sutter Gould Medical Foundation <br />