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Current Status: Active PolicyStat ID: 751055 <br />Effective: //12004 <br />� Reviewed: 0112013l Last Revised: 01120/3 <br />Expiration: 0/120/0 <br />somm l-th owner Mark Wallace: Director <br />Policy Area: En,men/ofCare <br />�mNRefermnons: | <br />____Spill Containment and Clean -U D-8420-80 <br />Policy cy <br />Lodi Health (LH) has procedures in place to address a leak or spill of hazardous material. <br />� <br />Purpose � <br />LH has a Hazardous Material Management Plan to handle leaks or spills of hazardous materials for the safety } <br />| <br />of patients, visitors, community. See EOCPolicy # � <br />C-8420-140.doc, "Exposures, Spills and Releases". <br />� <br />A. "Major Spills" are a Code Orange incident and are not cleared by LH employees. See Emergency <br />� <br />Management Policy # . <br />"Code Orange Hazardous Materials Spill/incident". <br />� B. For incidental and minor spills, staff working with the hazardous material and the Hospital Supervisor, are <br />� <br />� <br />trained in spill clean-up. After the hazardous material has been contained and removed, EVS will be <br />notified todothe final clean-up ofthe area with the following method: <br />1. Surfaces are decontaminated with a quaternary ammonium solution with a minimum of 400 ppm <br />active agent. <br />2. The solution is applied to the entire surface and allowed to remain in contact for a minimum of <br />� 1O'minubaahncomplete the disinfection process. <br />3. Interior storage rooms, counters and surfaces that may have come in contact with medical waste <br />contamination must bedisinfected. <br />4. Portable tubs and rigid containers are removed from the building and taken to the north supply <br />deliver/loading area ateither facility for disinfecting. <br />5. Materials used or collected, including excess solution is absorbed into disposable paper toweling and <br />discarded directly into medical waste containers even though it is now rendered non -hazardous. <br />S. All exterior areas where decontamination is performed must be washed down with water prior to <br />leaving the area. This clean rinse water is allowed to run into the storm drain. <br />7. Reports of all spills, exposures or injuries resulting from the handling of medical waste must be <br />reported to Employee Health, Environmental Services Manager and Safety Officer for review and <br />Spill Containment and cu^n-ovo-84z0-x .nmncmu01/13o016.mnc.umn mutp:modihuuth.po/xysmu"m/p^xqmnm/u Page o[2 <br />