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HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT
A Template For Action

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Foreword
  • Purpose of Manual
  • EPA Rule
  • Issues
  • Waste treatment options
  • Contents
  • INDA, Association of the Nonwovens Fabrics Industry

Chapter 1

  • EPA Rule on Medical Waste Incinerators
  • Clean Air Act Amendments
  • Overview
  • Purpose
  • Requirements
  • Regulated facilities
  • Timing and alternative technologies
  • Emissions testing and compliance
  • Rural criteria
  • State plans
  • Defining waste
  • Definitions used in the Rule
  • Exemptions and the 10% Rule
  • Summary

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4
  • Treatment Options For Medical Waste
  • Evaluating waste treatment options
  • Considerations
  • Waste treatment processes
  • Summary

Chapter 5

  • Medical Waste
  • Beach wash-ups
  • AIDS epidemic
  • Medical Waste Tracking Act
  • Agency For Toxic Substances & Disease Registry Report
  • Municipal waste versus medical waste
  • A Primer on Infections
  • Definitions
  • Summary

Chapter 6

  • Defining Regulated Medical Waste (RMW)
  • Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
  • Association of Operating Room Nurses (AORN)
  • Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
  • Summary
  • Samples of hospital RMW guidelines
  • Summary
  • References
  • Suggested Readings

Appendix A

Appendix B

  • EPA Regional & State/Local Agency Contacts

This Manual contains material collected from many sources. While the authors have attempted to verify the accuracy of the entire contents of this publication, we take no responsibility for those materials that were not specifically drafted by us. Moreover, some of the material in this publication may contain subjective and/or interpretive points of view that may or may not, reflect the views of the authors and those who have reviewed the text.
 

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