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Disposal of Infectious (Medical) Was <br />Owner(s): <br />Marlene Flynn/Dameron <br />Linda Knowles/Dameron <br />Priority: <br />Payroll <br />Identification <br />Number: <br />40-13-0022 <br />Status: <br />4. Approved <br />Approval Date: <br />06/21/2005 <br />Version Number: <br />1 <br />Purchasing <br />Document Body <br />i <br />Page 2 <br />dent Accounting <br />Medical Waste, which includes biohazardous (potentially infectious) waste and sharps <br />waste, will be handled in such a manner to protect the healthcare worker, patient, and <br />visitors and in order to meet regulatory standards (e.g., the Medical Waste Management Act <br />and OSHA). <br />I <br />Incineration - Medical waste treatment method that reduces waste material to ash by <br />burning and rendering it as solid waste. <br />Steam sterilization - Treatment method that subjects waste to at least a temperature of 121 <br />degrees Celsius at 15 pounds per square inch pressure for at least 30 minutes and rendering <br />it as solid waste. Synonymous with autoclaving; the process of sterilization by steam under <br />pressure. <br />http://l72.16.0.5/policy/policy.nsf/7dbOebfd3e2lO6OO872571470079e3a4/7dOcb85a7dc9452a88256f9aOO64... 4/8/2010 " <br />Patient Relations <br />Payroll <br />Pharmacy <br />Pharmacy-Linacia <br />Plant Operations/Maintenance <br />Public Relations <br />Purchasing <br />Quality Management <br />Rehabilitation Services <br />Respiratory Therapy <br />Risk Management <br />Safety Management <br />Security <br />Social Services <br />Staff Development/Medical <br />Education <br />Surgery -Inpatient <br />Surgery -Outpatient <br />Surgery -PACU <br />Surgery -Pre -Admit <br />Surgery -Pre -Op <br />Surgery -Sterile Processing <br />Utilization Management <br />Volunteer Services <br />Warehouse <br />Wound Care <br />Contributing <br />Departments: <br />Manual Name: <br />Infection Control & Prevention <br />Manual Category / <br />Hazardous Materials & Waste <br />Chapter: <br />Restricted to <br />Management <br />Groups: <br />Start Date: <br />06/21/2005 <br />Monthly Review <br />36 <br />Interval: <br />Review Date: <br />06/21/2008 <br />Medical Waste, which includes biohazardous (potentially infectious) waste and sharps <br />waste, will be handled in such a manner to protect the healthcare worker, patient, and <br />visitors and in order to meet regulatory standards (e.g., the Medical Waste Management Act <br />and OSHA). <br />I <br />Incineration - Medical waste treatment method that reduces waste material to ash by <br />burning and rendering it as solid waste. <br />Steam sterilization - Treatment method that subjects waste to at least a temperature of 121 <br />degrees Celsius at 15 pounds per square inch pressure for at least 30 minutes and rendering <br />it as solid waste. Synonymous with autoclaving; the process of sterilization by steam under <br />pressure. <br />http://l72.16.0.5/policy/policy.nsf/7dbOebfd3e2lO6OO872571470079e3a4/7dOcb85a7dc9452a88256f9aOO64... 4/8/2010 " <br />