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Medical Waste Management - Coggle Diagram

- - - - :check:Cultures and stock of infectious agents.
      - :check:Human pathological waste
        
        tissues
        
        body parts
      - :check:Human blood and product blood
      - :check:sharps
        
        Hypodermic needled
        
        syringes
      - :check:Certain animal wastes
      - :check:Certain isolation waste
        
        from patients with highly communicable diseases.
      - Unused sharp
- - - - Plastic bags for solid or semisolid
      - Bottles, flask, tanks for liquid
    - - avoid the use of needles where safe and effective alternatives are available
      - Avoid recapping needles
      - Promptly dispose of used needles in appropriate sharps disposal containers
  - - - By a healthcare professional employed by the facility
      - By contract with a transporter registered with the sate
      - By mail (sharps only)
- - - - Autoclaving (steam sterilization)
      - Incineration
      - Thermal inactivation
      - Gas/Vapor Sterilization
      - Chemical disinfection
      - Sterilization by irradiation
  - - - Contacting state and local governments to identify approved disposal options
      - Discharge of treated liquids and pathological wastes (after grinding ) to the sanitary sewer system. Approval of the local sewer authority must be obtained
  - - - when the infectious waste management plan are first developed and instituted
      - when new employee are hired
      - when infectious waste management practices change