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RECEIVE® MAR 2 0 2023 Medical Waste Management Plan PERMIT1SI=RVICtS ENVIRONMENTAL EAI Tkaiser Permanente —Manteca Medical Center 1/01/2023-12/31/2023 This plana lies to the following faci ity location(s): Location I Address Kaiser Permanente. 1lanteca Hospital 1 1777 NN. Yosemite Avenue Person responsible for im le enting the Medical Waste Mana ement Plan Safetv Officer Chandra Buchanan Cell: (209)275-9160 EVS Director Luis Ahumada Cell: (209)672-5446 1. List the types of Medical Waste generated at your facility • Biohazardous waste • Sharps (needles, syringes,blades etc.) • Pharmaceutical waste(expired, spend,partials) • Pathological and surgical waste • Trace Chemotherapy waste 2. Estimate the monthly amount of medical waste generated at your facility: • Kaiser Permanente Manteca Hospital generates approximately 12,500.20 pounds/month of Medical Waste(Excluding Pharmaceutical Waste). • Kaiser Permanente Manteca Hospital generates approximately 7,100.20 pounds/month of Pharmaceutical Waste. • This facility is a Large Quantity Generator due to the medical service that are provided. 3. Describe the medical waste handling procedures utilized by and applicable to your facility (a) Onsite location and method for segregation,containment,packaging,labeling, and collection • All medical waste is separated and disposed at the point of origin. • Waste will be contained in either red bag(biohazardous)/yellow bag(trace chemotherapy)/white bag(pathology) and/or ridged containers(pharmaceutical/ sharps)with lids. • To containerize biohazard bags,a person shall do all of the following: • The bags shall be tied to prevent leakage or expulsion of contents during all future storage and handling. When containers are prepared for transport offsite from the facility,they shall be prepared in compliance with United States Department of Transportation requirements. • Medical waste may be placed into a biohazard bag not to exceed three pounds or one gallon and tied, as required in subdivision(a),in a patient room and shall be immediately transported upon completion of the procedure directly from the point of generation and placed into a biohazard container stored in a soiled utility room or other biohazardous waste storage area without having first been placed into a secondary container in the patient room. • Medical waste may be placed into a biohazard bag hung on a hamper stand in a surgery suite and the bag removed from the hamper stand after completion of the procedure,taken out of the surgery suite, and placed into a biohazard container stored in a soiled utility room or other biohazard waste storage area. • Only for our Emergency Department(ED/ER),Intensive Care Unit(ICU)and Operating Room(OR)departments: These departments will not have waste containers for solid trash collection located within their patient room areas. They will only have red bag collection available in the patient rooms.