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*** OCCUPATIONAL REFERENCES - SEPT 2014 *** > ***2019***check "c" BUMEDINST 6280.1B, MANAGEMENT OF REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE > Flashcards

***2019***check "c" BUMEDINST 6280.1B, MANAGEMENT OF REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE Flashcards

1
Q

How is all RMW to be handled/ disposed of?

A

In accordance with federal/ state/ guidance.

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How should pathological waste be stored?

A

In dedicated refrigerators/freezers.

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3
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How long can non pathological RWM be stored in the facility?

A

7 Days

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4
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What is the length of time that frozen pathological waste be stored in the facility?

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30 days

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5
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How long is the medical department required to keep a record of all RMW?

A

2 years

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6
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When must employees recieve training about RMW?

A

Before employment/ annually

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7
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What is Group 1 of RMW?

A

Cultures, Stocks, and Vaccines

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8
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What is Group 2 of RMW?

A

Pathological Waste

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9
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What is Group 3 of RMW?

A

Blood and Blood Products

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10
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What is Group 4/7 of RMW?

A

Sharps

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11
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What is Group 5 of RMW?

A

Animal Waste

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12
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What is Group 6 of RMW?

A

Isolation Wastes

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13
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What is Group 8 of RMW?

A

Other designated by the local infection control authority.

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14
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What is Group 9 of RMW?

A

Chemotherapy Trace Wastes

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15
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BUMEDINST 6280.1B

A

MNGT of Regualted Med Waste

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16
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Non-RMW

A

solid material intended for disposal

waste/trash

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17
Q

RMW

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capable of causing disease or would pose other adverse health risks to individuals/community if improperly handled.

18
Q

Is medical waste originating from med iso rooms handles as RMW or NON-RMW?

A

RMW

19
Q

Are sanitary napkins originating from post-partum suites/GYN surgical ward handled as RMW or NON-RMW?

A

RMW

20
Q

How many groups of RMW are there?

A

9

21
Q

When do you separate RMW from other waste?

A

at the point of origin

22
Q

Can you transport RMW in chutes or dumbwaiters?

A

NO

23
Q

What is the storage time for Path RMW?

A

30 days. but if waste is not immediatly processed, 24 hr

24
Q

How is RMW treatment acheived?

A

through inceneration, or inactivation by heat, chemicals, or radiation

25
Q

How can liquid waste be disposed of?

A

steam sterilization & disposed of in a sanitary sewer

kept in original glass container and placed in sharps

26
Q

When disposing of chemotherapy trace waste, should you mix non-chemo & chemo RMW?

A

No! , Chemo traced waste shoule be placed in the yellow chemo bins

27
Q

How long does federal regulations req facilites to maintain shipping paperwork?

A

2 yrs after RMW was accepted by waste carrier

28
Q

What should RMW be labled with?

A

date, type of waste, amout and disposition

29
Q

Dilution of bleach?

A

1:10 w/ clear water

30
Q

Place what type of of waste into double-wall corrugated boxes or equivalent rigid containers that are double-lined with plastic bags for transport and incineration in an infectious waste incinerator?

A

Anatomical pathology

31
Q

What considerations may dictate using alternate means of disposal of Anatomical pathology waste such as cremation or burial by a licensed mortician?

A

Ethical

32
Q

Blood, suctioned fluids, or other potentially infectious liquid waste may be decanted into what type of sinks, unless this practice is prohibited by State or local regs?

A

Clinical

33
Q

Forms semi-rigid gel when added to liquids?

A

Gelatinization

34
Q

Waste that cannot be safety decanted?

A

Bulk

35
Q

Training?

A

Initial and annual

36
Q

Infectious wast shall be sterilized and rendered noninfectious before doing what?

A

Compacting and grinding

37
Q

Whose approval is required before the purchase of an infectious waste treatment system?

A

Bureau of Medicine & Surgery

38
Q

New treatment techniques must have successful use elsewhere for how many years?

A

2

39
Q

Effective steam sterilization temp/time/psi for microbiological infectious waste?

A

250 F
90 Min
15 psi

40
Q

Limit storage without refrigeration to how many days?

A

7

41
Q

Ash after incineration may go where?

A

Straight to the sanitary landfill after testing

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