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WHAT IS BUMEDINST 6280.1B

MANAGEMENT OF Regulated medical WASTE

ITEMS THAT CAN BE TREATED AS GENERAL WASTE USING ACCEPTED METHODS OF COLLECTION, STORAGE, TRANSPORT, AND DISPOSAL

NON INFECTIOUS WASTE

WASTE THAT ARE PERSONAL HYGIENE PRODUCT SUCH AS DIAPERS, FICIAL TISSUE, AND SANITARY NAPKINS, UNLESS THE WASTE IS FROM ISOLATION ROOMS OR IN CASE OF SANITARY NAPKINS ORIGINATES FROM THE PARTUM SUITES OR GYNECOLOGICAL SURGERY WARDS, ARE WHAT TYPE OF WASTE?

NON INFECTIOUS WASTE

WASTE THAT IS LIQUID OR SOLID WASTE CONTAINING PATHOGENS IN SUFFICIENT NUMBER AND OF SUFFICIENT VIRULENCE TO CAUSE INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN SUSCEPTIBLE HOST EXPOSE TO THE WASTE

INFECTIOUS WASTE

LIST INFECTIOUS WASTE

SHARP, MICROBIOLOGY WASTE, LIQUID BLOOD, BODY FLUIDS PATHOLOGICAL WASTE

DO NOT TRANSPORT ______ IN CHUTES OR DUMBWATERS.

INFECTIOUS WASTE

________SHALL BE PLACED IN CONTAINERS LABELED WITH THE UNIVERSAL BIOHAZARD SYMBOL AND THE WORD "BIOHAZARD" OR BE RED IN COLOR.

INFECTIOUS WASTE

_____,_______ AND OTHER POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS LIQUID WASTE MAYBE DECANTED INTO CLINICAL SINKS, UNLESS THIS PRACTICE IS PROHIBETED BY STATE OR LOCAL REGULATIONS.

BLOOD;SUCTIONED FLUIDS

WHAT CAN BE ADDED TO BLOOD TO SOLIDIFY IT, AND OTHER POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS LIQUID WASTE

COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE ABSORBENT MATERIAL WHICH FORM A SEMIRIGID GEL (GELATINIZATION)
HOW LONG CAN YOU STORE INFECTIOUS WASTE, IF IT CAN NOT BE TREATED ON SITE?
LIMIT STORAGE WITHOUT REFRIGERATION 7 DAYS.

WHAT LABEL IS CLEARLY VISIBLE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE STORAGE AREA?

UNIVERSAL BIOHAZARD SYMBOL AND THE WORD "BIOHAZARD"

WHO APPROVES THE PURCHASE OR LEASE OF AN INFECTIOUS WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEM

BUMED
MED -04

WHAT IS NEEDED ON THE RECORD KEEPING OF INFECTIOUS

DATE, TYPE OF WASTE, AMOUNT, AND DISPOSITION

FOR EFFECTIVE STERILIZATION, THE TEMPERATURE MUST BE KEPT AT _______FOR AT 90 MINUTES

121C
250 F

MICROBIOLOGICAL
METHOS OF TREATMENT

STEAM STERILIZATION, CHEMICAL INF, INCENERATION

MICROBIOLOGICAL

METHOD OF DISPOSAL

SANITARY LANDFILL

PATHOLOGICAL
METHOD OF TREATMENT

INCENERATION
CREMATION

FOR EFFECTIVE STEAM STEAM STERILIZATION FOR MICRO INFECTIOUS WASTE, THE TEM MUST BE MAINTAINED AT 250 DEGREES F FOR AT LEAST HOW MANY MINUTES AT 15 LBS PER SQUARE INCH OF GAUGE PRESSURE?

90

YOU SHOULD NOT TRANSPORT INFECTIOUS WASTE IN WHAT TWO METHOD

CHUTES AND DUMBWAITER

What is the purpose
To provide minimum standards for the management of infectious waste for MTF and DTF
What is non infectious waste
can be treated as general waste such as diapers tissues sanitary napkins observant materials not including from iso rooms containing very small amount of blood or bodily fluids
What is infectious waste
Liquid or solid waste containing pathogens and sufficient numbers such as sharps microbiology waste from cultures in stocks liquid or semi liquid blood or other potentially infectious body fluids pathological waste human tissues and organs medical items from ISO rooms
how do you segregate sharps
please sharps into rigid puncture resistant sharp container which are labeled and color coded never clip cut bend or recap needles never overfill
How should infectious waste be segregated
The waste should be segregated at point of origin and placed in containers labeled with universal biohazard symbol and the word biohazard or be red in color containers shall be lined with plastic bags with the thickness durability puncture resistant and burst strength plastic bags should be labeled and color coded and secure before being removed never overload
How should sharps containers be packaged
Sharps containers shall be placed in a second container which is labeled or color coded
How is infectious waste treatment achieved
Through destruction such as incineration or through inactivation by heat chemicals or radiation
Before compacting and grinding infectious waste what must happen first
Infectious waste shall be sterilized and rendered non–infectious before compacting or grinding
How do you treat microbiology waste
Steam sterilization at 250 degrees Fahrenheit for 90 minutes or chemical disinfection or incineration
How do you dispose of microbiological waste
Sanitary landfill
What is the treatment for pathological waste
Incineration or cremation
How do you dispose of pathological waste
sanitary landfill or burial
What is the treatment for bulk blood and other infectious liquid waste
Gelatinization must be further treated by steam sterilization or incineration
What is the disposal method for bulk blood and other infectious liquid waste
Sanitary sewer or sanitary landfill but it must be treated by steam sterilization or incineration before landfill
What is the treatment for sharps in sharps container
Steam sterilization or incineration
how do you dispose of sharps in sharps containers
Steam sterilization or incineration
How do you dispose of sharps in sharps containers

Sanitary landfill