Medical Biohazard Waste Disposal Regulations

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Medical biohazard waste disposal regulations.

Rules for storage facilities are included in chapter 64e 16 florida administrative code 60kb pdf. Biohazardous medical waste transporters must be approved by adeq through a registration process. C label the containers required under subdivision b with a biohazard symbol or the words medical waste or pathological waste in letters not less than 1 inch high. D not compact or mix medical waste with other waste materials before decontamination incineration and disposal.

Items that are caked with dried blood or opim and are capable of releasing these materials during handling. Requirements for the management and disposal of medical waste in texas with links to rules guidance and forms. Within these regulations information pertaining to medical waste can be found on pages 7 8 11 under special waste and 14 rule chapter 0400 11 01. The contamination or puncturing of the bag requires placement into a second biohazard bag.

Rules effective july 01 2012 require transporters of biohazardous medical waste to pay a registration fee upon initial and renewal registration and an annual fee. It is important to contact your state environmental program first w hen disposing of medical waste. The division has developed guidance for the disposal of non hazardous medical waste in a class i landfill starting on page 133 of the division s policy and guidance manual. To protect the public and the environment from potentially infectious disease causing agents the medical waste management program program in the environmental management branch regulates the generation handling storage treatment and disposal of medical waste by providing oversight for the implementation of the medical waste management act mwma.

The bloodborne pathogens standard defines regulated waste as liquid or semi liquid blood or other potentially infectious material opim. 967 a single leak resistant biohazard bag is usually adequate for containment of regulated medical wastes provided the bag is sturdy and the waste can be discarded without contaminating the bag s exterior. Treatment and disposal of regulated medical waste requires a permit. Biomedical waste storage facilities also need a permit.

And pathological and microbiological wastes containing blood or opim 29 cfr 1910 1030 b. These measures are designed to protect the workers who generate medical wastes and who manage the wastes from point of generation to disposal. Contaminated items that would release blood or opim in a liquid or semi liquid state if compressed. A completed application for biomedical waste storage permit form dh4107 19kb pdf should be submitted with the 85 00 fee to your area biomedical waste coordinator.

Renewal of registered transporters is required every 5 years. Medical waste is primarily regulated by state environmental and health departments.