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0 0 pe-s'e- tl <br />Stockton Surgery Center <br />Facilities & Environment Manual <br />Section: Hazardous Materials <br />Title: Disposal of Chemical or Hazardous Biomedical Waste <br />Policy 4 <br />OBJECTIVE <br />To outline the proper procedure for handling, transporting, and disposing of chemical or infectious wastes. <br />To minimize the transmission of disease or injury to personnel, patients, visitors, and others from the time <br />of generation of the wastes to final disposal <br />DEFINITION <br />Biohazardous wastes are materials that have been contaminated by blood, body fluids, infectious agents, <br />body tissues, etc., and include the following: <br />1. Contaminated sharps, needles, and syringes <br />2. Infected sites - any waste that is known to contain an infectious agent(s) <br />3. Laboratory wastes - any waste (blood, etc.,) which is "contaminated" in the <br />collection or processing of laboratory specimens <br />4. Pathology specimens - body tissues and items used in the collection and storage <br />of specimens <br />5. Any item or material that contains visible soiling with blood and other body <br />fluids such as sponges, gloves, suction tubing, suction canister contents, draping <br />material (but not limited to these items) or any item "contaminated" invisibly by <br />pathogens, etc., in the care of patients <br />6. Chemical waste including chemicals that are toxic, flammable, corrosive, or <br />capable of causing harm or serious injury to humans, animals, or the <br />environment <br />PROCEDURE <br />i. RED can liners or bags labeled B/ohazardous ivaste are used to collect Biohazardous waste in all <br />the patient areas of the Center including the Operating Rooms. Only items that fit the definition of <br />Biohazardous waste or medical waste are to be placed in the red liners/bags <br />2. RED can liners/bags are never placed with the solid waste <br />3. Corrugated boxes or barrels marked Biohazat•dous waste provided by the medical waste company <br />are provided to receive the red Biohazardous bags from the patient care areas/OR. These boxes <br />will be sealed and transported to the storage site when full or as frequently as required by <br />regulation by properly trained personnel. <br />4. These corrugated boxes or barrels will be store in a designated area at the facility for regular pick- <br />up by the medical waste provider. The door to this storage area will be labeled with biohazard <br />signage and will be secured (locked) at all times. <br />5. At the pick-up time, the medical waste provider will issue a receipt for the "poundage" received <br />from the Center. This receipt will be kept in the Medical Waste Receipts Log and will be matched <br />with the medical waste management company's paperwork indicating the date and time of the <br />incineration of the biohazard waste <br />6. Should body tissue removed in an operative procedure be too large to place in the regular <br />Biohazardous waste container, it will be placed in a red liner/bag and then sealed on a box labeled <br />as biohazard and sealed. It will then sent to the contracted pathology service for proper <br />d isposal/destruction <br />7. Should a spillage of hazardous waste occur, Center personnel will follow the steps outlined in the <br />spill procedure <br />8. Should the service from the waste management company be halted for one reason or another <br />(disaster), the Center will hold the Biohazardous waste, seated and secured as above, until service <br />is continued or another waste management company provides the service <br />Effective Date: 3/5/2009 8:34 AM6/1/2009 <br />Revised Date: <br />Hazardous Materials Waste Management-MASTER.doc <br />