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t 0 D. Department managers are responsible for orienting new employees to the department and as appropriate, to job and task specific uses of hazardous materials or waste. Where necessary, the Safety Officer/ Facilities Manager assists the department directors in developing department specific programs or policies. E. Individual personnel are responsible for learning and following job and task specific procedures for safe handling and use of hazardous materials and waste. VI. PROCESSES OF THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN A. SELECTION The manager of each department with an inventory of hazardous materials is responsible for managing the safe storage, handling, use and disposal of them. Each department manager is responsible for evaluating Material Safety Data Sheets for hazards before purchase of departmental supplies. Department managers are responsible for working with the Safety Officer/Facilities Manager to develop procedures for handling of hazardous materials. The manager of each department with an inventory of hazardous materials or regulated waste is responsible for managing the safe storage and handling of them. Each manager is responsible for reviewing Material Safety Data Sheets to identify appropriate disposal methods. The Safety Officer/ Facilities Manager, Environmental Services Manager and the Radiation Safety Officer share responsibility for the disposal of hazardous wastes. Chemical, chemotherapeutic and medical waste is transported by contracted companies. Radioactive waste is allowed to decay below background radiation in a hot room and then is disposed as ordinary waste. INVENTORY The manager of each department handling hazardous materials is responsible for managing the inventory and for performing an evaluation of products to identify hazards. The findings are communicated to departmental staff who will be impacted by the product and to the Safety Officer. Each department manager is responsible for maintaining the departmental inventory of Hazardous Materials. Facilities Management maintains a master inventory list. All department inventories are updated at least annually. C. WASTE HANDLING The Safety Officer/ Facilities Manager is responsible for managing hazardous and regulated waste steams. The wastes generated by San Joaquin General Hospital include general, chemical, chemotherapeutic, radioactive, medical waste and pharmaceutical waste. Facilities Management, Environmental Services, Laboratory, Pharmacy, and Diagnostic Imaging departments generate the majority of regulated hazardous waste in the hospital. The Safety Officer/Facilities Manager is responsible for developing procedures for handling hazardous waste and medical waste. Department managers are responsible for enforcing these procedures. San Joaquin General Hospital maintains facilities where waste is sterilized before disposal in regular waste stream. An exterior storage area is provided for medical waste at the facility. A hot room is provided for decay of radioactive waste. D. SPACE MANAGEMENT The Facilities Manager and Hospital Director are responsible for managing the program for providing space for handling storage of hazardous materials and wastes. The appropriateness of space is evaluated annually with findings included in the routine report to Safety Committee. The appropriateness of space for handling and storage of hazardous material and wastes is also evaluated as part of the hazard surveillance program. The intent of evaluating these issues