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Medical Waste Management Section <br />Practice Managers (PMs) and their hospital staff are responsible for: <br />® Adhering to all procedures in this Medical Waste Management Plan, and <br />® Ensuring all personnel complete the required training. <br />All personnel generating medical waste are responsible for reading and complying with the <br />requirements set out in this plan. <br />D. Reference <br />The Medical Waste Management Act (MWMA), California Health and Safety Code, Sections 117600- <br />118360, governs the management of medical waste in all jurisdictions of the state. The most current <br />version of the MWMA can be found on the CDPH- Medical Waste Management Program webpage: <br />https //www cdph ca gov/certlic/`medicalwaste/Documents/MedicalWaste/2013/MWMAfinal2015.pdf. <br />II. Medical Waste identification <br />Medical wastes potentially generated by this hospital are limited to biohazardous, pathology, sharps, <br />and pharmaceutical wastes. This hospital does not generate trace chemotherapy waste. <br />A. Biohazardous Waste <br />Biohazardous waste is clinical or laboratory waste resulting from the treatment of animals infected or <br />suspected to be infected with diseases likely to be infectious to humans, as determined by the attending <br />veterinarian. These wastes can include animal specimen cultures, swabs, personal protective equipment <br />worn during treatment, etc. For example, cultures collected from animals suspected by the attending <br />veterinarian of having rabies, lyme disease, or ring worm must be managed as biohazardous waste. <br />Please see Banfield's Zoonotic Diseases Policy for a list of all diseases that are infectious to humans. <br />B. Pathology Waste <br />Pathology waste is animal parts, tissues, fluids, or carcasses from animals infected or suspected to be <br />infected with diseases likely to be infectious to humans, as determined by the attending veterinarian. <br />For example, tissues or fluids from animals suspected by the attending veterinarian of having rabies, <br />lyme disease, or ring worm must be managed as pathology waste. Please see Banfield's Zoonotic <br />Diseases Policy for a list of all diseases that are infectious to humans. <br />C. Sharps Waste <br />Sharps waste is any device that has acute rigid corners, edges, or protuberances capable of cutting or <br />piercing, including but not limited to, needles, blades, broken glass (broken slide, bottle, etc.), and <br />syringes contaminated with biohazardous waste. As a matter of policy, unbroken bottles or vials that <br />contained pharmaceuticals will not be treated as sharps waste, even if empty. Instead, these wastes will <br />be treated as hazardous waste, which is discussed in the Hazardous Waste Management Section. <br />'V, <br />14Z 2 <br />Banfield <br />