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Medical Waste Management Plan <br />Kaiser Permanente — Stockton <br />1/01/10-12/31/10 <br />The following materials are classified as <br />Labeling <br />medical/biohazardous waste. <br />Procedures <br />Sharps Waste - Any discarded device that was used in <br />patient care, medical research, or an industrial laboratory and <br />is capable of puncturing or cutting the skin. Examples include: <br />"Sharps Waste", or the <br />needles; syringes with needles attached; trocars; pipettes; <br />Biohazard symbol and <br />scalpel blades; blood vials; broken or unbroken glassware that <br />the word <br />has been in contact with infectious agents, including serum <br />"BIOHAZARD" <br />bottles, slides, and cover slips. <br />Pathological Waste - Human or animal surgery <br />Marked "Pathology <br />specimens, tissues, or body parts removed during surgery, <br />Waste" with the <br />autopsy, or other medical procedures. <br />Biohazard Symbol. <br />Human blood, blood products® body fluids — <br />Discarded free-flowing human blood and blood products (e.g. <br />Marked with the <br />plasma, serum), any free-flowing body secretion containing <br />Biohazard Symbol and <br />blood components (e.g. pleural , peritoneal, amniotic fluids), <br />"BIOHAZARD" <br />and any other fluid visibly contaminated with blood. (Note: <br />visible from all <br />human excretions (e.g. stool, urine) are specifically excluded <br />directions <br />because they have accepted means of disposal.) <br />Waste cultures and Stocks — Wastes from the <br />Marked with the <br />production of bacteria, viruses, spores, discarded live and <br />Biohazard Symbol and <br />attenuated vaccines used in human healthcare or research, <br />"BIOHAZARD" <br />and culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate, and <br />visible from all <br />mix cultures. <br />directions <br />Trace Chemotherapy wastes - A container is <br />considered trace chemotherapy waste if: <br />1. All the chemotherapy drug has been removed using <br />practices commonly employed to remove materials from that <br />type of container; <br />Marked <br />2. No more than 3% by weight of the total capacity of the <br />"Chemotherapy Waste" <br />container remains in the container <br />or "CHEMO" with the <br />Examples of trace chemotherapy waste are: <br />Biohazard Symbol, <br />1. Contaminated gowns, gloves, masks, cleaning clothes, and <br />visible from all <br />barriers <br />directions <br />2. Empty IV tubing <br />3. Empty IV bags/bottles <br />4. Empty syringes <br />5. Empty drug vial <br />Non-RCRA Pharmaceutical waste — waste <br />pharmaceuticals which are not federally hazardous (non- <br />Marked with an <br />"Incineration Only" <br />RCRA), radioactive or classified as municipal solid waste <br />sticker. <br />(trash). <br />(b) Storage area description with storage methods utilized, including duration and <br />temperature, if applicable. <br />• The facility maintains a secured area for storage of biohazardous waste <br />pending disposal. <br />Revised April 13, 2010 <br />Plan maintained by Stockton EVS & EH&S Department <br />