LESSON 10 PART 3 LAST LABORATORY WASTE MANAGEMENT

Question 1

who are the people collecting the radioactive waste materials?

Answer 1

specialist disposal service

Question 2

what are the 4 ways of treatment disposal?

Answer 2

autoclaving, incineration, chemical disinfection and microwave irradiation

Question 3

on site storage is aka?

Answer 3

interim storage

Question 4

The place within a department or floor of a healthcare facility
where waste is stored temporarily for safe retention before being brought to the central storage area

Answer 4

interim storage/ on site storage

Question 5

what is the mechanism for autoclaving?

Answer 5

temperature, pressure, thermal oxidation

Question 6

what is the mechanism for autoclaving?

Answer 6

temperature, pressure, thermal oxidation

Question 7

other term for autoclaving?

Answer 7

steam sterilization

Question 8

what is the temperature of autoclaving?time? psi?

Answer 8

121-134 c, 15-20 minutes and 15 psi/2 bar

Question 9

is very useful, especially in duty rotations in the
micro department in the lab

Answer 9

autoclaving

Question 10

what does the autoclave capable of killing?

Answer 10

killing the strongest of bacterias such as bacterial spores

Question 11

High temperature dry oxidation at greater than 850 C in the primary chamber and 1100 C in the secondary chamber

Answer 11

incineration

Question 12

what are the principles of incineration?

Answer 12

temperature, time and turbulence

Question 13

what are the principles of incineration?

Answer 13

temperature, time and turbulence

Question 14

retention time of incineration?

Answer 14

2 sec.

Question 15

what is the temperature of primary incineration? secondary incineration?

Answer 15

850c
1100c

Question 16

what waste does the incineration treat?

Answer 16

waste that can’t be recycled, reused or disposed of in a sanitary landfill

Question 17

what kind of disinfection is the hypochlorite solution?

Answer 17

chemical disinfection

Question 18

used to clean up spills

Answer 18

chemical disinfection

Question 19

dilution rate of chemical disinfection?

Answer 19

1:10

Question 20

it is a waste fed to waste-grinding device?

Answer 20

microwave irradiation

Question 21

how many microwave irradiation units is being used in the microwave radiation? time?

Answer 21

six microwave irradiation units, 2 hours

Question 22

Compacted waste-filling trench

Answer 22

sanitary landfill

Question 23

You dig a trench and put the waste there

Answer 23

landfill

Question 24

Predominant method of waste disposal in developing countries

Answer 24

open dumps

Question 25

a dumping process where it Negatively affects the organisms living in the ocean

Answer 25

ocean dumps

Question 26

May cause illegal dumping problems and groundwater contamination, air pollution, pest and health hazards

Answer 26

open dumps

Question 27

Very dangerous, especially for people living near the site as they are exposed to a site that is subjected to bacteria and viruses

Answer 27

open dumps

Question 28

When companies and industrial countries send their toxic wastes to disposal sites in third world nations

Answer 28

garbage imperialism

Question 29

who are recipients of locally unwanted land uses?

Answer 29

poor neighboring countries

Question 30

how many shipping containers left from vancouver?

Answer 30

103

Question 31

how many shipping containers were labelled as recyclable plastics?

Answer 31

14