Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-42-.23 - INFECTIOUS HAZARDOUS WASTE
(1) Each Facility
shall develop, maintain and implement written policies and procedures for the
definition and handling of its infectious wastes. These policies and procedures
shall comply with the standards of this section and all other applicable state
and federal regulations.
(2) The
following waste shall be considered to be infectious waste:
(a) Waste contaminated by service recipients
who are isolated due to communicable diseases, as provided in the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control "Guidelines for Isolation Precautions in
Hospitals."
(b) Cultures and stocks
of infectious agents including specimen cultures collected from medical and
pathological laboratories, cultures and stocks of infectious agents from
research and industrial laboratories, wastes from the production of
biologicals, discarded live and attenuated vaccines, culture dishes and devices
used to transfer, inoculate, and mix cultures.
(c) Waste human blood and blood products such
as serum, plasma, and other blood components.
(d) All discarded sharps (e.g., hypothermic
needles, syringes, Pasteur pipettes, broken glass, scalpel blades) used in
service recipient care or which have come into contact with infectious agents
during use in medical, research, or industrial laboratories.
(e) Other waste determined to be infectious
by the Facility in its written policy.
(3) Infectious and hazardous waste shall be
segregated from other waste at the point of generation (i.e., the point at
which the material becomes a waste) within the Facility.
(4) Waste shall be packaged in a manner that
will protect waste handlers and the public from possible injury and disease
that may result from exposure to the waste. Such packaging shall provide for
containment of the waste from the point of generation up to the point of proper
treatment of disposal. Packaging shall be selected and utilized for the type of
waste the package will contain, how the waste will be treated and disposed, and
how it will be handled and transported, prior to treatment and
disposal.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. ยงยง 4-3-1601, 4-4-103, 33-1-302, 33-1-305, 33-1-309, 33-2-301, 33-2-302, and 33-2-404.
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