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of 500 PPM of chlorine solution) <br /> ➢ Containers will be washed with detergent. <br /> ➢ Containers will be allowed to air dry. <br /> AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN <br /> STORAGE AREA: <br /> The area at AMR San Joaquin Operations is in the basement at the Fresno <br /> Operations The storage room is kept looked locked at all times with <br /> access limited to Managers, AOC's and Managers. A daily drop off barrel is kept <br /> outside of the locked room. This barrel is sorted daily,then transferred into the <br /> locked room. <br /> 13.0 WORK AREA RESTRICTIONS: <br /> 13.1 In work areas where there is a reasonable likelihood of exposure to blood or <br /> other potentially infectious materials, employees are not to eat, drink, apply <br /> cosmetics or lip balm, smoke or handle contact lenses. Food and beverages <br /> are not to be kept in areas where blood or other potentially infectious <br /> materials are present. <br /> 13.2 All procedures will be conducted in a manner that will minimize splashing, <br /> spraying, splattering and generation of droplets of blood or other potentially <br /> infectious materials. Methods that will be employed at American Medical <br /> Response to accomplish this are the use of Personal Protective Equipment, <br /> proper disposal and proper placement of contaminated articles into approved <br /> plastic bags. <br /> 14.0 RESPONSIBILITY: <br /> 14.1 Materials Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that the equipment that <br /> has become contaminated with blood or other potentially infectious <br /> materials shall be examined prior to servicing and shall be decontaminated <br /> as necessary. <br /> 14.2 San Joaquin County has the responsibility to ensure that all <br /> Personal Protective Equipment used by the employee is provided <br /> without cost to employee. Personal Protective Equipment will be chosen <br /> based on anticipated exposure to blood or other potentially infectious <br /> materials. The protective equipment will be considered appropriate only if it <br /> does not permit blood or other potentially infectious materials to pass <br /> through or reach the employee's clothing, skin, eyes, mouth, or other mucous <br /> membranes under normal conditions of use and for the duration of time <br /> which the protective. equipment will be used. Additional PPE will be <br /> located in the supply area. <br /> Examples of blood or OPI 's are vomiting, blood squirting from veins or <br /> 6 <br />