management of infectious waste
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- WHAT BUMEDINST GIVES GUIDANCE ON MANAGEMENT OF INFECTIOUS WASTE?
- BUMEDINST 6280.1A
- WHAT IS INFECTIOUS WASTE?
- LIQUID OR SOLID WASTE CONTAINING PATHONGENS TO CAUSE INFECTIOUS DISEASE
- WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF INFECTIOUS WASTE?
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1.SHARPS-SYRINGES,SCALPEL BLADES,SUTURE NEEDLES
2.MICROBIOLOGY WASTES-LIVE VACCINES
3.LIQUID OR SEMI LIQUID BLOOD TO INCLUDE SEMEN,VAGINAL SECRETIONS,CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
4.PATHOLOGICAL WASTE-HUMAN TISSUE,ORGANS,AMPUTATED LIMBS
5.MEDICAL ITEMS FROM ISOLATION ROOMS - HOW SHOULD CONTAINERS WITH INFECTIOUS WASTE BE LABELED?
- WITH UNIVERSAL BIOHAZARD SYMBOL AND THE WORD "BIOHAZARD" OR RED IN COLOR
- WHAT CONTAINERS ARE USED FOR SHARPS?
- RIGID PUNCTURE RESISTANT SHARPS CONTAINERS
- HOW LONG ARE BIOHAZARDS STORED FOR?
- LIMIT STORAGE WITHOUT REFRIDGERATION TO 7 DAYS
- WHERE CAN INFECTIOUS WASTE BE STORED?
- DESIGNATED STORAGE AREA LOCATED AT OR NEAR TREATMENT OR TRANSPORT SITE WITH THE WORD "BIOHAZARD" WRITTEN CLEARLY OUTSIDE STORAGE AREA
- HOW DO YOU RECORD KEEPING OF INFECTIOUS WASTE?
- PRACTICAL SYSTEM TO MONITOR DISPOSAL TO INCLUDE: DATE,TYPE OF WASTE,AMOUNT, DISPOSITION
- HOW DO YOU CLEAN UP INFECTIOUS WASTE SPILLS?
- PERSONNEL SHOULD WEAR PROTECTIVE APPAREL OR EQUIPMENT SUCH AS GLOVES,COVERALLS,MASK,AND GOGGLES
- WHAT SOLUTION OF HOUSEHOLD BLEACH WITH WATER DO YOU USE TO DISINFECT AREA?
- 1:10
- WHAT IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE TREATMENT FOR LIQUID INFECTIOUS WASTE?
- CHEMICAL DISINFECTIONS
- TREATMENT METHOD FOR SHARPS IN SHARPS CONTAINERS?
- STEAM STERILIZATION, INCINERATION
- WHAT IS THE METHOD OF DISPOSAL FOR TREATED SHARPS IN SHARPS CONTAINERS?
- SANITARY LADNFILL