Small Quantity Generators Infectious Medical Waste Guide - DHHR

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~Attach any policies and procedures which you have developedrelated to Infectious Medical Waste.Any "no" answer. except In Section C-3, may require modification of your plan.If several health care professslonals operate one facIlity ,where they share clerical and nursing staff and In other ways act as one unit ,the total amount of Infectious medical waste generated In a one-month periodshall be the total generated by gU health care professionals Involved in the operation.DATE ADOPTED
DefinitionsInfectious Medical Wast§; -Medical waste which is capable of producing an infectious disease.Infectious medical waste shall be considered capable of producing an infectious disease if it hasbeen, or is likely to have been, contaminated by an organism likely to be pathogenic to healthyhumans, if such organism is not routinely and freely available in the community, and such organismhas a significant probability of being present in sufficient quantities and with sufficient virulence totransmitdisease.Animal carcasses. body carts. beddina and relat -Contaminated animal carcasses,body parts and bedding of animals that are known to have been exposed to infectious agentsduring research, production of biologicals, testing of pharmaceuticals or any other reason.Blood and blood Droducts -Liquid waste human blood and blood products in a free-flowing orunabsorbedstate.Cultures and stocks of microoraanisms and biolQgil -Discarded cultures. stocks. specimans.vaccines and associated items likely to have been contaminated by an infectious agent. Discardedetiologic agents are infectious medical waste. Wastes from the production of biologicals and antibioticslikely to have been contaminated by an infectious agent are infectious medical waste.Isolation wastes -Wastes generated from the care of a patient who has, or is suspected of having,any disease listed as Class IV in "Classification of Etiologic Agents on the Basis of Hazard," publishedby the United States Centers for Disease Control.Patholoaical waste -Human pathological wastes, including tissues, organs, body parts andcontainers of body fluids, exclusive of those fixed in formaldehyde or another fixative.SharDs -Discarded articles that may cause punctures or cuts and that have been used in animal orhuman patient care or treatment, or in pharmacies or medical, research or industrial laboratories,including, but not limited to, hypodermic needles, syringes with attached needles. scalpel blades,lancets and broken glassware.
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