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Medical Waste Management Plan Kaiser Permanente — Tracy Medical Office 1/01/202642/31/2026 This plan applies to the following facility loca Tracy IVI(�13 Primary Care Address 2185 Grant Line Road Person res onsible for im lementin the Medical Waste Mana ement Plan Safety Officer Chandra Buchanan Cell: (209) 275-9160 EVS Director Luis Ahumada Cell: (209) 672-5446 1. List the types of Medical Waste generated at your facility: • Biohazardous waste • Sharps (needles, syringes, blades etc.) • Pharmaceutical waste (expired, spend, partials) • Pathological waste • Trace Chemotherapy waste 2. Estimate the monthly amount of medical waste generated at your facility: • Kaiser Permanente Tracy Medical Office generates approximately 197 pounds/month of Medical Waste (Excluding Pharmaceutical Waste). • Kaiser Permanente Tracy Medical Office generates approximately 73 pounds/month of Pharmaceutical Waste. • This facility is a Quantity Generator due to the medical service that are provided. 3. Describe the medical waste handling procedures utilized by and applicable to your facility, including but not limited to the following: (a) Onsite location and method for segregation, containment, packaging, labeling, and collection , including pharmaceutical waste: • All medical waste is separated and disposed at the point of origin. • Waste will be contained in either red bag (biohazardous) / yellow bag (trace chemotherapy) / white bag (pathology) and/or ridged containers (pharmaceutical / sharps) with lids. • This facility utilizes reusable / recyclable pharmaceutical sharps containers through our waste hauler-Stericycle Reusable Sharps Program. • Waste will be labeled on all sides and top to be visible from any lateral direction. • Reusable rigid carts / containers are used to transport medical waste from the department to the accumulation area. • All containers shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary manner. • Transport carts / containers are lined with plastic liners and when liners are removed, they are placed in a biohazardous bag. • Carts will be cleaned according to Environmental Services (EVS) / Infection Control cleaning procedures for medical waste carts. ■ A person shall thoroughly wash and decontaminate reusable rigid carts / containers for medical waste by a method approved by the enforcement agency each time they are emptied, unless the surfaces of the containers have been completely protected from contamination by disposable liners, bags, or other devices removed with the waste. ■ Approved methods of decontamination include, but are not limited to, agitation to remove visible soil combined with one of the following procedures: ■ Exposure to hot water of at least 82 degrees Centigrade (180 degrees Fahrenheit) for a minimum of IS seconds. Tracy MOB Pagel of 5