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Plan- Medical Waste Managem nt Program Page 4 of 12 <br /> III. Fundamentals: <br /> The types of medical waste generated and covered by this plan include: <br /> 1. BLOOD OR BODY FLUIDS -Liquid blood elements or other regulated body fluid,or articles <br /> contaminated with blood or body fluids. <br /> 2. SHARPS -Actually or potentially-contaminated syringes,needles, blades, broken glass. <br /> 3. ISOLATION WASTE- Waste contaminated with excretion, exudate,or secretions from humans <br /> who are isolated due to highly communicable diseases. <br /> 4. CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC WASTE-Trace amounts of chemotherapeutic waste. <br /> 5. PATHOLOGY WASTE-Recognizable human anatomical parts, human surgery specimens or <br /> tissues. <br /> 6. PHARMACEUTICAL WASTE—Prescription or over-the-counter human drugs including,but not <br /> limited to, a drug as defined by Section 109925 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; does <br /> not include items regulated by Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act or Radiation <br /> Control Law. <br /> 7. BIOHAZARDOUS WASTE -Per California Health& Safety Code Section- <br /> 117690. <br /> IV. Objectives: <br /> Management of specified waste materials requires specific plan elements including identification, <br /> containment, handling,transport, storage,treatment, disposal, emergency response and recordkeeping. <br /> The following table illustrates locations where Dameron Hospital Association conducts business, <br /> regardless of ownership, and in what locations the Plan-Medical Waste Management Program applies: <br /> Location Program Program Medical Medical Trace Pathologic <br /> Applies Does Not (Infectious) (Pharmaceutical) Chemotherapeutic (Tissue) <br /> Apply Waste Waste Present Waste Present Waste <br /> Present Present <br /> Alex and X X X X <br /> Faye Spanos <br /> Surgical <br /> Pavilion <br /> T- <br /> BuildingCenraIF <br /> Utili y Plant <br /> Dameron X X X X X <br /> Hospital <br /> Buildin <br /> Linacia X X X <br /> Building <br /> (leased <br /> http://dhaltsOl/policy/policy.nsf/2bOl45f9f8l 8Obc28725727600642564/b3631 e8dfOdl c8... 11/15/2016 <br />