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8 <br /> REFERENCES <br /> DISPOSAL OF SYRINGES AU'D 11T <br /> POD`'R"cjjIQ NE DIES <br /> STATE OF CALIFORNI-A - The Business and Professions <br /> Code-contaixis, the­Toilowing provisions with regard to <br /> -the disposal of hypodermic syringes and needles: <br /> Sec. 414-3: Any used hypodermic needle or hypo- <br /> dermic syringe which is to be disposed of shall be <br /> destroyed in such a manner as to render such it <br /> or units unfit --"'or reuse in any manner. <br /> GARBAGE AND INFECTIOUS WASTE <br /> STATE OF CALIFORNIA - Title 17 of the Administrative <br /> ,Code presently contains the .fol=lowing Public Health <br /> C-) <br /> Department restrictions applicable to hospitals: <br /> GARBAGE AND SOLID "',11ASTES <br /> Sec. 313: <br /> A. Storage and Disposal <br /> 1 . All garbage and other solid wastes shall be <br /> stored and disDos-d of in a manner that <br /> will not permit the transmission of a <br /> communicable disease, create a nuisance, <br /> provide a breeding place for insects or <br /> rodents or permit public access. <br /> '.. <br /> Garbage and solid. waste containers shall be <br /> a-L C) <br /> stored and located in a, manner that will <br /> protect the patients from odors. <br /> 3. Syringes and needles, before being discarded <br /> into waste containers, shall be rendered <br /> unusuable. <br /> B. Garbage and Solid Waste Containers <br /> 1 . All containers, except movable bins used for <br /> garbao- <br /> storaCD--­ of e and other solid wastes, <br /> (D <br /> shall have, tight fitting covers and be <br /> rodent proof. <br /> 2. Movable bines, when used for storing or <br /> transporting gargabe and solid wastes from <br /> the pretmises, shall have tightfitting covers <br /> and. be rodent proof, unless stored in a room <br /> or screened enclosure, and shall be emptied <br /> at least weekly. <br /> 3. Garbage and solid waste containers, including <br /> movable bin w, shall be thoroughly washed and <br /> cleaned at fIr_qU2n-t 4y- <br />