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Healthcare Waste Managament Flashcards

1
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refers to waste that may pose a variety of environmental and health risks

A

Hazardous healthcare wastes

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2
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other term for non-hazardous waste

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general waste

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3
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chemicals that have the capacity to harm biological tissue

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toxic

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4
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chemicals that can react by themselves when exposed to heat, pressure, shock, friction, catalyst presence or by contact with air or water

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reactive

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5
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chemicals that ignite/burn easily in normal working temperatures

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flammable

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6
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flammable chemicals

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with flashpoint below 37.8 or 100F

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7
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chemicals that cause severe burns to skin, eyes and lungs

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corrosive (acids of ph<2 and bases of ph>12)

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8
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liquid or solid chemicals that readily give off oxygen or other oxidizing substances

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oxidizing

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9
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Hospital Licensure Act (1965)

A

RA 4226

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10
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An Act to Control Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes (1990)

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RA 6969

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11
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The Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999

A

RA 8749

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12
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Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000

A

RA 9003

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13
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The Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004

A

RA 9275

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14
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The Code on Sanitation of the Philippines

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PD 856

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15
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Providing for the Revision of RA no. 3931 aka Pollution Control Law and for Other Purposes (1976)

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PD 984

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16
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Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) System

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PD 1586

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17
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Universal Health Care Act (2018)

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RA 11223

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18
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This document shall serve as the most comprehensive set of guidelines on the safe management of waste generated from healthcare

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Health Care Waste Management Manual (4th Edition)

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19
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Disposal of non-hazardous medical waste classified as household waste

A

Selective
incineration
non-hazardous waste storage facility

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20
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hazardous medical waste (infectious)

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incineration
disinfection pre-treatment

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21
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Hazardous medical waste (RADIOACTIVE)

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locally managed through radioactive decay, storage

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22
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Disposal of Hazardous medical waste (CHEMICAL, TOXIC)

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Recovery
Heat or physico-chemical treatment
Storage

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23
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Disposal of Anatomical parts

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Special incineration of human anatomical parts in a creamtorium

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24
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ZERO WASTE HIERARCHY

A

Prevent
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
Recover
Dispose

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25
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Green Procurement

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Prevent, Reduce

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26
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Resource Development

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Reuse, Recycle, Recover

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27
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End of Pipe

A

Treat, Dispose

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28
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Most important step in the proper management of healthcare wastes

A

waste minimization (green procurement policy)

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29
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Waste are minimized even before its generation through proper procurement planning

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TRUE

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30
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Finding or new application for a used material or reusing the same material for the same application

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Reuse

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31
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Processing of used materials into new products

32
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Energy recovery where waste is converted to fuel for generating electricity

Encompass three subsets of waste recovery: recycling, composting and energy recovery

33
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Process of changing the biological and chemical character of the waste to minimize its potential to cause harm

A

Waste treatment

34
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Discharge, deposit, placing or release of any health care waste into or on any air land or water

A

Waste disposal

35
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Not all HCW require treatment prior to disposal

36
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Process of separating different types of waste at the point of generation until its final disposal

A

SEGREGATION

37
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Segregation at the source of waste generation should be the responsibility of the WASTE GENERATOR

38
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SHARPS

39
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What should the label of container include

A

Source
Weight of waste generated
Date of collection

40
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Puncture and leak resistant container for disposal of sharps

A

safety box

41
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Infectious waste container

A

Yellow
Can withstand autoclave

42
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Pathological waste container

43
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Anatomical waste container

44
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Pharmaceutical waste container

A

Brown
Cytotoxic waste or genotoxic waste

45
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Chemical waste container

A

Yellow w/ black band

46
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Radioactive waste container

A

Orange
Name of radionuclide
Date of deposition

47
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Non-infectious waste (DRY)

48
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Non-hazardous waste (WET)

49
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If it is a mixed HCW, consider the most hazardous first

50
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Management of waste pending collection and transport to treatment plant of disposal site

A

HANDLING AND STORAGE OF HCW

51
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Transfer of HCW from point of waste generation to temporary storage or treatment/disposal site

A

COLLECTION & TRANSPORT OF HCW

52
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Process of packing and moving waste materials at the point of generation

Done by generators and handlers of waste as it entails holding pieces of waste in bins

53
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The assembly of waste packages from different sections to one point

Meant to avoid accumulation and decomposition of waste in one area

A

COLLECTION

54
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Kills all microorganisms

A

Strerilization

55
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Reduces the level of microorganisms present in the material

A

Disinfection

56
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Moving collected wastes from temporary storage area to treatment or disposal site

A

TRANSPORTATION

57
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Thermal decomposition of healthcare wastes in the absence of supplied molecular oxygen in the destruction chamber in which the said HCW is converted into gaseous, liquid, or solid form

58
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uses steam sterilization to render waste harmless and is an efficient wet thermal disinfection process

59
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usual setting of autoclaving

A

121*C with a pressure of 15 psi for 15-30 minutes

60
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What can be used to check validity of autoclaving sterilization

A

color-changing tapes or biological test ampules

61
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typically incorporates some type of size reduction device

62
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in microwaving, waste is exposed to 100C (237.6F) for at least 30 minutes

63
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chemicals like sodium hypochlorite, hydrogen peroxide, peroxyacetic acid and heated alkali

A

chemical disinfection

64
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what is the recommended concentration of sodium hypochlorite (bleach) for chemical disinfection

A

concentration of 5%

65
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the process uses an enzyme mixture to decontaminate HCW

A

Biological processes

66
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suited for large applications and also being developed for possible use in the agricultural sector

A

biological processes

67
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involves filling of containers with waste, adding and immobilizing material and sealing the containers

A

encapsulation

68
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suitable for pharmaceutical waste which involves the mixing of waste with cement and other substances before disposal

A

inertization

69
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waste should NEVER be resorted

70
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Highly infectious waste must be disinfected where?

71
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anatomical waste should be disposed of through?

A

safe burial or cremation

72
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Pathological waste must be refrigerated if not collected or treated within

73
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Sharps waste must be _______ before transport to landfill

A

shredded or crushed

74
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Chemical and pharmaceutical wastes shall be?

A

segregated and collected SEPARATELY

75
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if radioactive waste has reached background radiation level and is not mixed with infectious or chemical waste, then it is considered as?

A

REGULAR NON-INFECTIOUS WASTE

76
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Aerosol containers can be collected as?

A

GENERAL WASTE

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