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Plan- Medical Waste Manage nt Program Page 4 of 8 <br /> and the international biohazard symbol. This storage area will be locked at all times. Access <br /> will be limited to Environmental Services and Plant Operations& Maintenance Department <br /> personnel. Waste consisting of medical and nonmedical waste will be handled as medical waste <br /> except as follows: <br /> a. Medical waste mixed with hazardous waste will be treated as hazardous waste. <br /> b. Medical waste mixed with radioactive waste will be treated as radioactive waste. <br /> c. Medical waste mixed with hazardous and radioactive waste will be treated as radioactive <br /> waste. <br /> 2. Sharps Waste <br /> All sharps will be placed in a sharps container labeled with the words "SHARPS WASTE" or <br /> with the international biohazard symbol and the word "Biohazard." Sharps containers will be <br /> rigid puncture-resistant containers that when sealed are leak resistant and not able to be <br /> reopened without great difficulty. Sharps containers shall be considered "full" when they reach <br /> 2/3 capacity or the manufacturer's full line. Lids on filled sharps containers must be capped, <br /> snapped closed,taped, or otherwise sealed to prevent loss of contents prior to disposal. Sharps <br /> waste containers are serviced at their installed locations by either Stericycle or EVS personnel. <br /> The waste containers will be stored and transported to the Biohazardous Waste Storage Area <br /> located near the shipping/receiving area or the Central Hazardous Waste Storage Room located <br /> near the hospital morgue. These storage areas will be locked at all times. Access will be <br /> limited to Environmental Services, Plant Operations& Maintenance Department, or other <br /> authorized personnel. These containers are picked up by Stericycle medical waste hauler for <br /> transport to an approved incineration facility on a scheduled basis. <br /> 3. Chemotherapeutic Waste: <br /> All trace contaminated(e.g., empty vials, ampules, IV bottles/bags,tubings and sharps)will be <br /> deposited in a specially marked,yellow collection container labeled with the words <br /> "Chemotherapy Waste" or "Chemo"that is lined with a red, labeled biohazard bag that is <br /> ASTM D 1709 and ASTM D 1922 certified since this waste will be picked up for transport off <br /> site; documentation from the manufacturer of compliance with these minimum construction <br /> standards for the red bag will be kept on file in the Environmental Services Department. A <br /> single-use, disposable primary yellow collection container may also be used that is <br /> appropriately labeled. When the bag or container is full, without compacting, or no longer <br /> needed,the red bag is removed and tied-off securely to prevent loss of contents prior to <br /> disposal. Gowns, gloves, and other trace contaminated non-sharps objects may also be <br /> deposited in the container. The red bag or yellow primary container will be transferred to a <br /> specially marked, yellow secondary container for storage in the Central Hazardous Waste <br /> Storage Room located near the hospital morgue. Final pick-up occurs on a scheduled basis by <br /> Stericycle medical waste hauler for transport to an approved incineration facility. <br /> 4. Pathology Waste: <br /> Due to an outsource agreement,pathology specimens are couriered off-site to a non-owned <br /> facility remote from Dameron Hospital for analysis. <br /> All pathology waste will be kept separated from other medical waste and hazardous wastes <br /> (such as fixatives). Waste will be placed in a red, labeled biohazard bag that is ASTM D1709 <br /> and ASTM D1922 certified since this waste will be picked up for transport off site; <br /> documentation from the manufacturer of compliance with these minimum construction <br /> standards for the red bag will be kept on file in the Environmental Services Department. This <br /> red bag will be deposited into a specially marked secondary container labeled with the words <br /> "Pathology Waste" or "PATH." The container will be stored in the Central Hazardous Waste <br /> Storage Room located near the hospital morgue. Final pick-up occurs on a scheduled basis by <br /> http://dhalts0l/policy/policy.nsf/2b0l45f9f8l 80bc28725727600642564/b3631 e8df0dl c8c... 3/26/2019 <br />