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U <br />Current Status: Acute <br />E <br />PolicyStat ID: 750818 <br />Effective: <br />11/2004 <br />Reviewed: <br />02/2013 <br />Last Revised: <br />02/2013 <br />Expiration: <br />02/2016 <br />Owner: <br />Mark Wallace: Director <br />Policy Area: <br />Environment of Care <br />References: <br />X osurel'' !l ,' <br />Policy <br />Lodi Health (LH) supports a hazardous waste disposal process that protects the safety of patients, employees, <br />visitors, and volunteers, and maintains a systematic approach to handle both small and large spills, and meets <br />Local, State, and Federal guidelines. <br />urs - <br />LH pro#ecfsthe safety of patients, employees, visitors;.and volunteers by Implementing processes 1: limit the <br />harm from**osure, spills and releases of harmful chemicals, and meets Local, State, and Federal guidelines. <br />rod e-, d u re <br />A. Employee Requirements <br />1. All employees ate provided with proper coiiection and handling information specificito the type of <br />hazardous materials or waste for which they will be required to work. A qualified person within the <br />department provides training where handling of the materials will occur. Each Department Manager <br />is responsible to document and maintain individual employee hazardous materials training records <br />for their employees. <br />2. All employees handling hazardous materials must wear the appropriate personal protective <br />equipment (PPE) as indicated by manufacture recommendation of the hazardous substance or <br />waste. Hazardous wastes are segregated and handled separately from medical or pharmaceutical <br />waste. Each generating department is responsible for the collection of hazardous material, making <br />sure a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) accompanies the product and transports it to the designated <br />collection site for that facility. <br />3. Hazardous materials are containerized and stored in a locked on-site location for accumulation and <br />pickup. Approved hazardous materials transporter is contracted to remove hazardous wastes from <br />the hospital. <br />B. Incident Reporting And investigation <br />1. The Safety Officer and Director of Facilities Management and Environmental Services share <br />responsibility for the incident reporting process. The Hazardous Materials and Waste Plan utilizes the <br />Hazardous Chemical Spill Report form (L:1LMHtFORMSlFa61ities Managementtl-lazardous Chemical <br />Spill Repo; t 9-06.doc) to document different types of incidents. The Safety Officer or Director of <br />Exposure, Spills And Releases, C-8420-140. Retrieved 02/17/2016. Official copy at hitp://lodihealtii.policystat.com/policy/750818/. page 1 of 3 <br />Copyright Q 2016 Lodi Health <br />