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Lodi Memorial Hospital Facilities Management Medical Waste Management Plan D. SPILL CONTAINMENT AND CLEANUP Revised: September 1998 Page 3 of 3 In the event a leak or spill occurs, Environmental Services must be contacted immediately to confine the spill and to clean the area. Surfaces are decontaminated with a quaternary ammonium solution with a minimum of 400 ppm active agent. The solution is applied to the entire surface and allowed to remain in contact for a minimum of 10 minutes to complete the disinfecting process. Interior storage rooms, counters, and surfaces that may have come in contact with medical waste contamination must be disinfected. Portable tubs and rigid containers are removed from the building and taken to the north supply delivery/loading area at either facility for disinfecting. Materials used or collected, including excess solution is absorbed into disposable paper toweling and discarded directly into medical waste containers even though it is now rendered non -hazardous. All exterior areas where decontamination is performed must be washed down with water prior to leaving the area. This clean rinse water is allowed to run into the storm drain. Reports of all spills, exposures or injuries resulting from the handling of medical waste is documented through the hospital Occurrence Reporting system. E. MEDICAL WASTE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL METHODS At the MAIN FACILITY only, a Mark -Costello autoclave is used for medical waste sterilization. A contracted service provider identified below removes all other medical waste for treatment and disposal. Records of transported medical waste are retained in Facilities Management for a period of 3 years. Waste Hauler: BFI MEDICAL WASTE SYSTEMS OF CALIFORNIA, INC. 3326 Fitzgerald Rd. Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 EMERGENCY RESPONSE TELEPHONE: (800) 234-0051 Waste Treatment Facility: TREATMENT SITE Permit # MWTF, #99-00043 BFI MEDICAL WASTE SYSTEMS 4135 W. Swift Ave. Fresno, CA 93722 F. EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN While it is highly unlikely that the contracted company would experience a shutdown of operations, contingencies include use of an alternate hauler or retention of the medical waste for not more than 7 days from the point of generation above 0° Centigrade (32° Fahrenheit). Another contingency for less well-defined emergency situations would be to contact the Local Enforcement Agency (Department of Health Services, Medical Waste Program) for guidance at (916) 327-6904. I declare under penalty of law that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the statements made herein are correct and true.