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MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN <br />HOSPITAL NUMBER: HOSPITAL LOCATION: CA <br />EPA ID NUMBER: <br />I. PURPOSE AND RESPONSIBILITIES <br />The purpose of this Medical Waste Management Plan ("MWMP") is to provide guidance and <br />describe requirements for the proper management of medical waste in Banfield hospitals as <br />required by the California Department of Public Health, Occupational Safety and Health <br />Administration, Department of Transportation, United States Postal Service, Drug Enforcement <br />Agency, and Environmental Protection Agency. <br />This MWMP shall be maintained onsite at this hospital. It shall be reviewed annually and <br />updated whenever changes related to medical waste generation or handling occur. It shall be <br />made available upon request to the medical waste transporter, medical waste treatment facility <br />and to the California Department of Public Health. All records related to medical waste <br />management at this hospital shall be maintained at this hospital for at least three (3) years. <br />The Practice Manager or Chief of Staff is responsible for MWMP implementation at this <br />hospital. This MWMP will be maintained in the Safety Binder. <br />II. DEFINITION AND IDENTIFICATION OF MEDICAL WASTE <br />Medical waste potentially generated at this hospital may include: <br />® Sharps (needles, scalpel blades, broken microscope blades or cover slips) <br />Medical waste: used, absorbent materials saturated with human blood, with human <br />blood products, with other potentially infectious materials; or animal blood if infectious <br />to humans', and such used absorbent materials that have dried. <br />® Waste pharmaceuticals <br />1www osha govt s/oshaweb/owadiso show document?p table=STANDARDS&n id=10051#1910,1030 b <br />Page 1 of 9 <br />