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golden <br /> .fixingMedical Waste, Categories of <br /> IC-517 Clinical Infection Prevention and <br /> Control <br /> POLICY STATEMENT: <br /> This facilities classifies its medical wastes in accordance with current guidelines and <br /> recommendations for regulated medical wastes. <br /> THIS POLICY APPLIES TO: <br /> DEFINITIONS (AS NEEDED): <br /> Policy Interpretation and Implementation <br /> Categories of Waste 1. Medical wastes from this facility are categorized into the following <br /> classifications: <br /> Cultures a. Cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biologicals, <br /> including: <br /> i. Cultures from medical and pathological laboratories; <br /> ii. Cultures of infectious agents;and <br /> iii. Culture dishes and devices used to transfer,inoculate and mix <br /> cultures,including those used to obtain patient specimens to <br /> send to a diagnostic laboratory. <br /> Human Blood/Blood b. Human blood and blood products including: <br /> Products i. Liquid wastes; <br /> ii. Human blood; <br /> iii. Products of blood,including plasma and platelets; <br /> iv. Items saturated and/or dripping with human blood or other <br /> potentially infectious materials(OPIM);and <br /> v. Items that were saturated and/or dripping with human blood that <br /> are now caked with dried human blood, including serum, <br /> plasma, and other blood components and their containers, <br /> which were used or intended for use in either patient care, <br /> testing or laboratory analysis. Intravenous bags are also <br /> included in this category. <br /> Pathological Waste c. Pathological wastes,including: <br /> i. Human pathological and anatomical wastes and body fluids;and <br /> ii. Specimens of body fluids in their containers, including patient <br /> specimens obtained to send to a diagnostic laboratory. <br /> Contaminated d. Contaminated sharps,including: <br /> Sharps i. Sharps that have been used in patient care or treatment, <br /> including hypodermic needles, syringes with or without needle <br /> Infection Control Policy and Procedure Manual <br /> C 2001 MED-PASS,Inc.(Revised August 2012) <br /> Version#: 1 Page 1 of 3 <br />