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1. Any device having acute rigid corners, edges, or protuberances capable of cutting or piercing. <br />2. Hypodermic needles, hypodermic needles with syringes, blades, needles with attached tubing, <br />syringes contaminated with blohazardous waste and acupuncture needles. <br />3. Broken glass items, such as Pasteur pipettes and blood vials contaminated with biohazardous waste. <br />4. Any item capable of cutting or piercing that is contaminated with trauma scene waste. <br />D. Biohazardous Waste: <br />Regulated medical waste, clinical waste, or biomedical waste that is a waste or reusable material <br />derived from the medical treatment of a human, which includes diagnosis and immunization, or the <br />testing of biological products. A list of examples can be found in Appendix D-1. <br />2. Regulated medical waste or clinical waste or biomedical waste suspected of containing a highly <br />communicable disease. <br />3_ Laboratory waste such as human specimen cultures from the following activities: processing and <br />performing tests on clinical specimens (including blood, urine, stool, nasopharyngeal & nasal <br />specimens, vaginal swabs, and other bodily fluids), performing limited bacteria cultures, and <br />performing gram stains identified by Section 173.134 of Title 49 of the Code of f=ederal Regulations <br />as Category B. <br />E. Antineoplastic'(Chemotherapy) Waste: <br />1. Waste which is hazardous only because the waste is contaminatedthrough contact with, or having <br />previously contained, chemotherapeutic agents, including, but not. limited to personai protective <br />equipment (PPE): gloves,. disposable gowns, surgical booties,. surgical caps, surgical masks, N-95 <br />respirators, cleaning wipes and towels, sharps, and medication vials or intravenous solution bags <br />with attached tubing which are empty. A.biohazardous waste which meets the conditions of this <br />paragraph is not subject to CHSC, Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) of Division 20. A <br />list of examples can be found in Appendix D-2, <br />2. Chemotherapeutic agent means an agent that kills or prevents the reproduction of malignant cells. <br />3. There are two dassiflcations of antineoplastic (chemotherapy) waste, bulk and trace. Bulk waste <br />occupies greater than three percent (3%) by weight of the capacity. of the container and intervenes <br />solutions. Trace chemotherapy waste is PPE or a container, or inner liner removed from a container, <br />which previously contained a chemotherapeutic agent, is empty if the container or inner liner <br />removed from the container has been emptied by the generator as much as possible, using methods <br />commonly employed to remove waste or material from containers or liners, so that the following <br />conditions are met. <br />a. If the material which the container or inner liner held is pourable, no material can be poured or <br />drained from the container or inner liner when held in any orientation, including, but not limited <br />to, when tilted or inverted. <br />b. If the material which the container or inner liner held is not pourable, no material or waste <br />remains in the container or inner liner that.can feasibly be removed by scraping. <br />F. Pathology waste: <br />1. Human body parts, with the exception of teeth, removed at surgery and surgery specimens or tissues <br />Waste Policy. Retrieved 03/18/2020. Official copy at littp:/Isli-sgmf policystat.comlpolicy/7155301 /. Copyright (0 2020 Sutter Page 2 of 12 <br />Gould Medical Foundution <br />