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C <br />u. <br />Kindred <br />H e o I t h c a r e <br />Health Services Division <br />Policy and Procedure Training - Lesson Plan <br />Title: Biohazard, Sharps and Pharmaceutical Disposal <br />Targeted Audience: CNAs and LNs <br />Objectives <br />Content (Topies) <br />Teaching Methods <br />Evaluation <br />The employee will be able <br />The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency <br />Lecture <br />Discussion <br />to : <br />(EPA) requires all businesses to evaluate <br />waste materials prior to disposal in order to <br />Discussion <br />Oral quiz <br />Verbalize requirements <br />determine whether they are regulated as <br />for pharmaceutical <br />hazardous. <br />Question & Answer <br />wastes, sharps and <br />biohazard waste disposal. <br />Hazardous pharmaceutical waste must be <br />disposed of separately from biohazard <br />waste or sharps. <br />State how biohazard <br />Biohazard waste should be placed into a red <br />waste should be properly <br />labeled biohazard bag. Each bag must be <br />disposed. <br />hand tied by gathering and twisting the <br />neck of the bag and using a tie or hand knot <br />to secure the bag. <br />The bags must be placed in red biohazard <br />container with lid closed tightly. Closed <br />bags must not he visible once container is <br />closed. <br />Describe what can be put <br />Sharps include needles, syringes, broken <br />into a sharp container. <br />glass and scalpels. Sharp materials must be <br />placed in a puncture -resistant container <br />designed for "sharps" waste. No <br />medications can be placed in a sharps <br />COntaIner. <br />LI <br />NI <br />