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0 <br />*Medical Waste Management Plan <br />Kaiser Permanente — Stockton <br />2007 <br />The following materials are classified as <br />Labeling Procedures <br />medicaliblohazardous waste. <br />Sharps Waste - Any discarded device that was used in patient <br />care, medical research, or an industrial laboratory and is <br />"Sharps Waste", or the <br />capable of puncturing or cutting the skin. Examples include- <br />Biohazard symbol and <br />needles; syringes with needles attached; trocars; pipettes-, <br />the word <br />scalpel blades; blood vials; broken or unbroken glassware that <br />BIOHAZARD" <br />has been in contact with infectious agents, including serum <br />bottles, slides, and cover slips. <br />Pathological Waste - Human or animal surgery specimens, <br />Marked "Pathology <br />tissues, or body parts removed during surgery, autopsy, or <br />Waste" with the <br />other medical procedures. <br />Biohazard Symbol. <br />Human blood, blood products, body fluids – Discarded <br />Marked with the <br />free-flowing human blood and blood products (e.g. plasma, <br />Biohazard Symbol and <br />serum), any free-flowing body secretion containing blood <br />"BIOHAZARD" <br />components (e.g. pleural , peritoneal, amniotic fluids), and any <br />visible from all <br />other fluid visibly contaminated with blood. (Note: human <br />directions <br />excretions (e.g. stool, urine) are specifically excluded because <br />they have accepted means of disposal *) <br />Waste cultures and stocks – Wastes from the production of <br />Marked with the <br />bacteria, viruses, spores, discarded live and attenuated <br />Biohazard Symbol and <br />vaccines used in human healthcare or research, and culture <br />"BIOHAZARD" <br />dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate, and mix <br />visible from all <br />cultures. <br />directions <br />Trace Chemotherapy wastes – A container is considered <br />trace chemotherapy waste if: <br />1. All the chemotherapy drug has been removed using <br />practices commonly employed to remove materials from that <br />Marked <br />type of container; <br />2. No more than 3% by weight of the total capacity of the <br />"Chemotherapy Waste" <br />"CHEMO" <br />container remains in the container <br />or 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 wastes – waste pharmaceuticals <br />Marked with an <br />which are not federally hazardous (non- CRA), radioactive or <br />"Incineration Only" <br />classified as municipal solid waste (trash). <br />sticker. <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 />• The storage area is marked with warnings that read in English and Spanish <br />"Caution biohazardous Waste Storage Area—Unauthorized Persons Keep <br />Out". <br />• These signs are legible from a distance of at least 25 feet. <br />• Biohazardous waste shall not be stored on-site for more than seven days prior <br />to disposal. <br />Revised June 8, 2007 <br />Plan maintained by Stockton EVS Department <br />