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--.. -- - — -- ---- - -- - <br />Current Status:.Ac€ive PolfcyStat ID: 750899 <br />Effective: 11/2004 <br />Reviewed: 01/2013 <br />Ua)h, dim Last Revised: 01/2013 <br />Expiration: 01/2016 <br />Hie Cowl Ith Owner: Mark Wallace: Director <br />—� Policy Area: Environment of Care <br />10 References: <br />r" Ic <br />r i '' i D 8420,40 <br />Lodi Health medical waste is contained separately from other waste at the point of generation and is placed in <br />the waste type-specific containers provided. <br />Medical waste shall be contained separately from other waste at the point of origin in the producing facility. LH <br />maintains medical waste is handled safely and in accordancewith the California Medical Waste Management <br />Act (MWMA), Department of Health Services, Health and Safety Code Sections 117600-118360. <br />Procedure. <br />A. BIOHA7.ARDOUS: "Biohazardous Waste" means any of the following: <br />1. Laboratory waste, including, but not limited to, all of the following: <br />a. Human or animal specimen cultures from medical and pathology laboratories. <br />b. Cultures and stocks of infectious agents from research and industrial laboratories. <br />e. Wastes from the production of bacteria, viruses, spores, discarded live and attenuated vaccines <br />used in human health care or research, discarded aninnal vaccines, including Brucellosis and <br />Contagious Ecthyma, as identified by the department, and culture dishes and devices used to <br />transfer, inoculate, and mix cultures. <br />2. Human surgery specimens or tissues removed at surgery or autopsy, which are suspected by the <br />attending physician and surgeon or dentist of being contaminated with infectious agents known to be <br />contagious to humans. <br />3. Animal parts, tissues, fluids, or carcasses suspected by the attending veterinarian of being <br />contaminated with infectious agents known to be contagious to humans. <br />4. Waste, which at the point of transport from the generator's site, at the point of disposal, or thereafter, <br />contains recognizable fluid blood, fluid blood products, containers or equipment containing blood that <br />Is fluid, or blood from animals known to be infected with diseases which are highly communicable to <br />humans. <br />Medical Waste Segregation, Containment &Labeling, D-8420-20. Retrieved 02/17/2016. official copy at Page 1 of 3 <br />http:f/lodiheatth.policystat.com/policy/750899/. Copyright 0 2016 Lodi Health <br />