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M Z V <br />au IRS! M_ <br />The purpose of this Plan is to define the policies, <br />procedures and protocols involved in our medical waste <br />management. <br />Collectively, the procedures and methods used to separate and <br />handle medical waste are guidelines which cover the special <br />precautions associated with the handling, storage, <br />collection, transportation and disposal of medical waste from <br />our healthcare facility. The guidelines have been developed <br />to minimize the risk of adverse environmental effects, to <br />public health, as well as occupational and public health <br />risks. <br />1 . ZQ= <br />All regulated medical waste (as defined by the <br />California Health and Safety Code, California Medical <br />Waste Management Act of 1990 and enforced by the San <br />Joaquin Public Health Services -Environmental Health <br />Division) will be disposed by our facility under the <br />supervision of Clark Austin, Chief Technician. The <br />medical waste generated by our facility consists of <br />Laboratory Wastes, Blood or Body Fluids, Sharps, and <br />Isolation Wastes. <br />2. EROLED-TIREZ <br />A. As a minimum, all regulated medical waste will be <br />collected within the area of origin and shall be bagged <br />in red plastic bags of at least 165 gram dart impact <br />resistant. Bagging is to be done in a manner which will <br />reduce the hazard of injury or disease transmission. <br />Bags will be securely tied so as to prevent loss of <br />contents. <br />B. All needles, syringes, blades, broken glassware <br />contaminated with other medical waste including any <br />sharps waste capable of cutting or piercing, shall be <br />placed into a rigid puncture -resistant container which, <br />when sealed is leak resistant and cannot be easily <br />opened. Sharps container will be labelled "Sharps <br />Waste" or with the biohazardous symbol and the work <br />"Biohazard" and stored no more than 7 days when full. <br />C. The dialysis staff and janitors, who have collected <br />the regulated medical waste and subsequently bagged it, <br />will then place the bagged, regulated medical waste into <br />the leak -resistant, rodent proof, storage container with <br />a tight fitting lid, which is provided and maintained by <br />