Management of Regulated Medical Waste

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Welcome
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INTRODUCTION

• Management of Regulated Medical Waste

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XYZ Hospital

• Compliance with hospital policies and procedures
• Cost of medical waste disposal versus solid waste
  disposal
• Cradle to grave liability of medical waste

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WASTE SEGREGATION GUIDELINES
v                    Regulated Medical
Waste v                    Chemotherapy
(RMW) v                    Solid Waste
(Trash) v                    Hazardous Waste
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REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE
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Definition of Regulated Medical Waste

• OSHAs definition of Regulated Medical Waste is
  A liquid or semi-liquid or other potentially
  infectious materials (defined below)
  contaminated items that would release blood or
  other potentially infectious materials in a
  liquid or semi-liquid state if compressed items
  that are caked with dried blood or other
  potentially infectious materials and are capable
  of releasing these materials during handling
  contaminated sharps and pathological and
  microbiological waste containing blood or other
  potentially infectious materials.
• Other potentially Infectious Materials means (1)
  The following human body fluids semen, vaginal
  secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid,
  pleural fluid, pericardial fluid, peritoneal
  fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental
  procedures, and body fluids that is visibly
  contaminated with blood, and all body fluids in
  situation where it is difficult or impossible to
  differentiate between body fluids (2) Any
  unfixed tissue or organ (other than intact skin)
  from a human (living or dead) and (3)
  HIV-containing cell or tissue cultures, organ
  cultures, and HIV- or HBV-containing culture
  medium or other solutions and blood, organs, or
  other tissues from experimental animals infected
  with HIV or HBV.

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CHEMOTHERAPY WASTE (RMW)
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XYZ Hospital

• Environmental Ser. Should provide you with the
  appropriate biohazard shipping /collected
  container with liner.
• Medical waste shipper containers containing
  containers with liquids must have absorbent
  material
• Example of absorbent material Solidifier such
  as Permisorb
• Placement of medical waste containers
• Away from frequent traffic areas to minimize
  disposal of regular trash

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SOLID WASTE (TRASH)
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IMPROPERLY PACKAGED MEDICAL WASTE
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REGULAR GARBAGE DOES NOT BELONG IN BIO HAZARD
CONTAINER
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HAZARDOUS WASTE
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HOW TO PACKAGE MEDICAL WASTE FOR DISPOSAL
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Proper way to tie liner in shipping container.
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Questions

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