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Proper Segregation of Medical Waste Education Sheet <br />iaVvi c a AL <br />0 <br />9 <br />1 <br />ti <br />a� <br />): ra f <br />Biohazardous <br />Sharps Waste - Red <br />Sharps Waste - Red <br />Pharmaceutical Waste - <br />Pharmaceutical <br />Hazardous <br />Waste - Red Bag <br />Sharps Container <br />Sharps Container <br />Blue Container <br />Waste - <br />Pharmaceuticals — Black <br />Blue Container <br />Container <br />❑ Blood tubing/ <br />O All sharps <br />❑ Trocars, <br />Cl Syringes, tubexes, <br />❑ IV bags and <br />❑ Inhalers with residual <br />bags/hemovacs <br />Examole: <br />introducers_ guide <br />carpujects with residual <br />tubing with <br />❑ Any medication under <br />/ pleurevacs <br />needles. lancets, <br />wires, sharps from <br />(pourable) medication <br />residual <br />pressure <br />❑ Soaked/ <br />needle counters, <br />procedures, <br />❑ IV bags and tubing with <br />medication <br />❑ Unused or partially <br />dripping <br />broken glass <br />specimen devices in <br />residual medication <br />used nicotine gum or <br />bloody <br />vials, broken <br />endoscopy. etc <br />❑ Partially used/ residual <br />Use: IV bags with <br />patches <br />dressings <br />ampules. blades, <br />prescription or over -the- <br />non-narcotic <br />❑ Nitroglycerine tablets <br />❑ Intact glass or <br />scalpels. razors, <br />❑ All sharps <br />counter medication <br />medication are <br />❑ Warfarin or Coumadin <br />plastic bottles <br />pins, clips. staples <br />Exams needles. <br />Example: vials, tablets, <br />placed in a zip -lock. <br />❑ Gaseous anesthetics <br />with bloody <br />lancets, needle <br />capsules. powders, <br />bag and then placed <br />❑ Bull: chemotherapy <br />fluid or OPIM; <br />❑ Trocars, <br />counters, broken <br />liquids. creams/lotions. <br />in blue bin. <br />❑ Barium <br />with little risk <br />introducers, guide <br />glass vials, broken <br />eyedrops.suppositories <br />❑ Birth control pills with <br />of breakage. <br />wires, sharps from <br />ampoules. blades, <br />iS tablets <br />Use: Plain IV <br />estrogen or estradioi <br />❑ Suction liners <br />procedures, sharp <br />scalpels. razors, <br />❑ Residual or wasted <br />solutions (no <br />❑ Zinc oxide <br />with bloody <br />specimen devices <br />pins. clips. staples <br />narcotics and/or <br />additives) and <br />❑ Silver nitrate <br />fluid or OPIM <br />in endoscopy, etc. <br />controlled drugs <br />electrolyte solutions <br />❑ X-ray contrast media <br />❑ All disposable <br />❑ Narcotic patches (cut in <br />are to be emptied <br />❑ Insulin <br />items soaked. <br />!Vote: Do not place <br />half) <br />into the sink. <br />❑ Oxytocin/Pitocin <br />dripping or <br />containers of <br />Example: Fentanyl <br />Exanrnle: saline, <br />❑ Any >24% alcohol <br />caked with <br />'.recognizable fluid <br />patch <br />dextrose, glucose, <br />❑ Povidone-iodine <br />blood or OPIM <br />blood" into 2 or 4 -gal <br />electrolytes, lactated <br />❑ Hydrogen peroxide <br />Note: <br />sharps containers. <br />Note: Do not place <br />ringers. <br />OPIM=Other <br />containers of "recognizable <br />Potentially <br />Note: For large items, <br />fluid blood" into any blue <br />Infectious Material <br />use the 8 or 17 -gal <br />pharmaceutical waste <br />Use: Do not place in the <br />sharps container with <br />container. <br />blue pharmaceutical <br />Note: No sharps <br />foot pedal activated <br />waste container. <br />or potential sharps <br />lid. <br />Return all unopened, <br />items. <br />unused or expired <br />medications to Pharmacy. <br />0 <br />9 <br />