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Medical Waste Management Plan
<br /> Kaiser Permanente—Manteca Medical Office
<br /> 1/01/2022-12/31/2022
<br /> Exposure to hot water of at least 82 degrees Centigrade(180 degrees Fahrenheit)
<br /> for a minimum of 15 seconds.
<br /> (b) Exposure to chemical sanitizer by rinsing with,or immersion in,one of the
<br /> following for a minimum of three minutes:
<br /> (1) Hypoehlorite solution(500 ppm available chlorine).
<br /> (2) Phenolic solution(500 ppm active agent).
<br /> (3) lodoform solution(100 ppm available iodine).
<br /> (4)Quaternary ammonium solution(400 ppm active agent).
<br /> (5)Pure Chlorine(500 ppm), Dilution of5ml in 100 ml ofwater.
<br /> (6)Oxycide(Peroxyacetic Acid/Hydrogen Peroxide)Concentrate
<br /> The following materials are classified as medical waste: Container Requirements and Labeling Procedures:
<br /> Sharps Waste-a device that has acute rigid comers,edges,or protuberances capable
<br /> of cutting or piercing,including,butnot limited to,hypodermic needles,hypodermic Shall be contained in a United States Food and Drug Administration(USFOA)
<br /> needles with syringes,blades,needles with attached tubing,acupuncture needles,root approved sharps container that meets USFDA labeling requirements and is
<br /> canal files,broken glass items used In health care such as Pasteur pipettes and blood handled pursuant to Section 118285.'Sharps Waste',or the Biohazard symbol
<br /> vials contaminated with biohazardous waste,and any item capable of cutbrrg er and the wrord'BICHAZARD'
<br /> pLercing from trauma scene waste.
<br /> Pathological Waste-Human body pads,with the exception of teeth,removed at Shall be segregated for storage and,when placed In a secondary container,that
<br /> surgery and surgery specimens or tissues removed at surgery or autopsy that are container shall be labeled with the words'Pathology Waste,'PATH',or other
<br /> suspected by the health care professional of being contaminated with infectious agents label approved by the department on the lid and on the sides,so as to be visible
<br /> knovm to be contagious to humans or having been fixed in formaldehyde or another from any lateral direction.
<br /> fixative.
<br /> Biohazardous Waste—Regulated medical waste,clinical waste,or biomedical waste
<br /> that is a waste or reusable material derived from the medical treatment of a human,
<br /> which Includes diagnosis and immunlzalion;or from biomedical research,which
<br /> Includes the production and testing of biological products.
<br /> Regulated medical waste or clinical wasle or biomedical waste suspected of containing
<br /> a highly communicable disease.
<br /> Laboratory waste such as human specimen cultures;cultures and stocks of infectious
<br /> agents from research;wastes from the production of bacteria,viruses,spores, Shall be placed in a biohazard bag conspicuously labeled with the words
<br /> discarded live and attenuated vaccines used in human health care or research, 'Biohazardous Waste'or with the intemational biohazard symbol and the word
<br /> including Brucellosis and Conlagious Eclhyma,as defined by the department;cullure 'BIOHAZARD'
<br /> dishes,devices used to transfer,inoculate,and mix cultures;and wastes identified by Containers may be of any color and shall be labeled with the words
<br /> Section 173.134 of TWe 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations as Category B'once 'Biohazardous Waste or with the international biohazard symbol and the word
<br /> wasted'for laboratory wastes. 'BIOHAZARD'on the lid and on the sides so as to be visible from any lateral
<br /> Waste that,at the point of transport from the generators site or at the point of disposal direction.
<br /> contains recognizable fluid human blood,fluid human blood products,containers,or
<br /> equipment containing human blood that is fluid.
<br /> Waste containing discarded materials contaminated►•rilh excretion,exudate,or
<br /> secretions from humans that are required to be isolated by the infection control staff,
<br /> the attending physician and surgeon,or the local health officer,to protect others from
<br /> highly communicable diseases erdiseases of animals that are communicable to
<br /> humans.
<br /> Trace Chemotherapy wastes—waste that is contaminated through contact with,or
<br /> having previously contained,chemotherapeutic agents,including,but not limited to,
<br /> gloves,disposable gowns,towels,and intravenous solution bags and attached tubing
<br /> that are empty.
<br /> A container Is considered trace chemotherapy waste if: Shall be segregated for storage,and,when placed in a secondary container,
<br /> 1.All the chemotherapy drug has been removed using practices commonly employed that container shall be labeled with the words'Chemotherapy Waste,
<br /> to remove maledals from that type of container, 'CHEMO',or other label approved by the department on the lid and sides,so as
<br /> 2.The drug cannot drip or pour or be scraped out of the container. to be visible from any lateral direction.
<br /> Examples of trace chemotherapy waste are:
<br /> Contaminated gowns,gloves,masks,cleaning clothes,and barriers.Empty:IV tubing,
<br /> IV bagslboltles,syringes,drug vial
<br /> 'Bulk Chemo Is disposed as RCRA hazardous waste.
<br /> Non-RCRA Pharmaceutical wastes—waste pharmaceuficals which are not federally A person may consolidate into a common container,which may reusable,
<br /> hazardous(non-RCRA),radioactive or classified as municipal solid waste(trash). sharps waste,as defined in Section 117755,and pharmaceutical wastes,as
<br /> defined in Section 117747.The container shall be labeled with the biohazardous
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