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osal of Infectious (Medical) Waste Page 3 of 5 <br />Medical waste means waste which meets both of the following requirements: <br />1. The waste is composed of waste which is generated or produced as a result of any of the <br />ollowing actions: Diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals; <br />search; the production or testing of biologicals; the accumulation of properly contained <br />home -generated sharps waste; removal of a regulated waste from a trauma scene; and <br />2. The waste is either: biohazardous waste or sharps waste. <br />Text: <br />Medical waste may also mean regulated medical waste, biohazardous waste, biomedical <br />waste or infectious waste. Items addressed by this Policy/Procedure are indicated in the <br />Procedure section. <br />Sharps waste includes, but is not limited to: <br />a. Suture needles, hypodermic needles, syringes, needles with attached tubing, scalpel and <br />razor blades, dental wires, disposable surgical instruments, and electrosurgical <br />needles/blades. <br />b. Medical/laboratory glassware such as slides, pipettes, blood tubes, vials, bottles, <br />contaminated broken glass, and contaminated unbroken glass articles that could be broken <br />during handling and transportation, thus rendering them sharps waste. <br />Procedure <br />A. Laboratory: <br />0 - <br />1. Microbiology <br />All patient specimens, diagnostic and stock cultures, attendant disposable <br />fomites and biologicals are disposed of as medical waste. <br />2. Clinical Laboratory <br />All clots, serum, body fluids, excretions, secretions, their containers and <br />attendant fomites are disposed of as medical waste. <br />3. Pathology <br />All specimens, including recognizable body parts, are picked up by a <br />contracted service for incineration. <br />4. Transfusion Service <br />Expired homologous and autologous blood products will be picked up by <br />a contracted service for incineration. <br />B. Obstetrics: <br />1. Placentas are disposed of as medical waste. <br />2. Disposable materials contaminated with blood will be considered medical waste. <br />0. Surgery <br />Disposable materials contaminated with blood or other body fluids, <br />secretions, and excretions are disposed of as medical waste. <br />http://172.16.0.5/policy/policy.nsf/7db0ebfd3e2l O600872571470079e3a4l7dOcb85a7dc9452a88256f9a0064... 4/8/2010 <br />