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RECEIVED <br /> OCT 2 6 2017 <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH <br /> DEPARTMENT <br /> HOSPITAL - ANNUAL REFRESHER HOSPITAL - ANNUAL REFRESHER <br /> WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTE MANAGEMENT <br /> What is Siohazardous Waste? What is Pathology Waste? <br /> DEFINITION : BIOHAZARDOUS WASTE DEFINITION : PATHOLOGY WASTE <br /> Fluid blood and otherwise potentially infectious body fluids Recognizable human anatomical parts <br /> ❑ Items that are soaked with blood and body fluids that "flout' ❑ Placentas ~ <br /> (gauze, bandages, blood transfusion bagsttubing , etc.) <br /> ❑ Items that contain dry blood and 'body fluids that when ❑ Skin or tissue biopsies to <br /> wetted would "flow' ❑ Human surgical specimens, tissue, organs, bone <br /> ❑ Suction canisters with free flowing liquids, not solidified fragments, limbs, or body parts removed during <br /> ❑ Any free-flowing body secretion containing blood surgery, autopsy, or other medical procedures <br /> components (e.g , urine, stools, pleural , peritoneal, ❑ Suction canisters with solidified fluids . <br /> amniotic fluids), and any otherfluid visibly contaminated <br /> with blood s s <br /> Any item labeled with a "Biohazard Symbol" (e.g , specimen bags) WASTE CONTAINER : IOHAIZA <br /> is considered medical waste. Collect in a container labeled with the words " path" " <br /> or " Pathology Waste" on the lid and sides AND lined "eanu <br /> WASTE CONTAINER : with a red biohazard bag, y _. <br /> Collect in a container labeled with a biohazard symbol on the <br /> lid and sides AND lined with a red biohazard bag. <br /> EC.02.02.01 <br /> EG.02.02.01 <br /> ® Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. 0 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan , Inc. - <br />