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0 2/12/2020 <br />Why do we need a Pharmaceutical Waste <br />Compliance Program? <br />• To comply with all Federal <br />State and Local Regulations <br />• Protect our patients, staff, <br />and the environment <br />It is the Law ! <br />OSHA 1910.1030 (b) defines Regulated Medical Waste as: <br />• Liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious materials; <br />contaminated items that would release blood or other potentially <br />infectious materials in a liquid or semi-liquid state if compressed; <br />• Items that are caked with dried blood or other potentially infectious <br />materials and are capable of releasing these materials during handling; <br />Drippable • Pourable # Flakeable <br />w <br />The following human body fluids: semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, <br />pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental procedures, any body fluid that is visibly <br />contaminated with blood, and all body fluids in situations where it is difficult or impossible to differentiate <br />between body fluid. <br />2 <br />