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Hazardous Waste in Healthcare Operations
Environmental Compliance Assistance Workshop
for Mississippi Hospitals & Healthcare Facilities
July 30, 2008
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What is a hazardous waste?What are hazardous waste requirements?What are typical hazardous wastes in healthcare facilities?
Topics
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What is a hazardous waste?
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What is a hazardous waste?
A solid waste that is specifically listed in regulations or possesses a hazardous waste characteristic.
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Hazardous Waste
EPA six-step determination process:Is it a solid waste?Is it excluded?Is it listed?Is it characteristic?Is it a mixture?Is it derived from a hazardous waste?
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Is it a Solid Waste?
“Any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and OTHER DISCARDED MATERIALincluding solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material.”
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Is it excluded?
Solid Waste exclusionMost likely not related to healthcare facilities
Solid Waste varianceHazardous Waste exclusion
Household wasteUsed FreonSamples collected for studies
Recycling
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Is it listed?
There are four hazardous waste lists:F-ListP-ListU-ListK-List
Hospital wastes generally fall under P & U; may have some F-list
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Is it a characteristic HW?
Ignitable (D001)
Corrosive (D002)
Reactive (D003)
Toxic (D004-D0043)
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Ignitable
- Liquids with a flashpoint less than 1400F
- Spontaneously combustible materials
- Strong oxidizers- Ignitable compressed gases
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Corrosive
- Aqueous solution of pH < 2 or >12.5
- Liquid that corrodes steel at specified rate (e.g. sulfuric acid)
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Reactive
- Normally unstable or explosive
- Reacts violently with water
- May release a toxic gas on contact with water (e.g. certain cyanide or sulfide-containing compounds)
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Toxic
Exceeds concentration limits for specified organic and inorganic contaminants when sample is analyzed using Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP); examples include:
- Lead (5 mg/L) - Benzene (0.5 mg/L)
- Mercury (0.2 mg/L) - Silver (5 mg/L)
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Is it a mixture?
Mixing a listed waste with another material causes the entire mixture to be classed as hazardous
Mixing a characteristic waste causes the mixture to be hazardous only if the mixture exhibits the characteristic
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Is it derived from a hazardous waste?
Wastes derived from listed or characteristic hazardous waste as residues from waste treatment processes
Generally does not apply to health care facilities
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What are hazardous waste requirements?
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Requirements
Facility should make a waste determination for all waste streamsFacility should determine generator status & obtain EPA ID numberFacility should manage waste according to generator requirements
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Hazardous Waste Generator Status
Large Quantity Generator (LQG)Less than 2200 pounds/month or 2.2 pounds/month of acutely hazardous
Small Quantity Generator (SQG)Between 220-2200 pounds/month
Conditionally-Exempt SQG (CESQG)Less than 220 pounds/month
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Generator Requirements
Include:Accumulation Units and Time LimitsLabelingEmergency Procedures/Contingency PlansTrainingShippingReporting
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What are Typical Hazardous Wastes at Hospitals?
Silver-related wastes from x-rayMaintenance related wastesLab SolventsPharmaceuticals
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What are typical hazardous wastes at hospitals?
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Typical Hazardous Wastesat Hospitals
Epinephrine P042Arsenic trioxide P012Lindane U129Chloral Hydrate U034Acetic Acid D001, D002
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Pharmaceutical Waste
Surveys have shown that regulatory requirements for pharmaceutical wastes are
generally not well understood
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Pharmaceutical Waste Issues
Hospitals can become a LQG of hazardous waste by P-list wastes (acutely hazardous)Management of chemo drugsTen of the forty Toxicity Characteristic (TC) chemicals and heavy metals are found in drug formulations
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Listed Hazardous Wastes
F-ListSolvents used in a range of operations
P-ListAbout 239 “acutely toxic” substances
U-List
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F-List Examples
Acetone
Methanol
Toluene
Xylene
Methylene Chloride
Pathology Laboratory
Histology Laboratory
Pharmacy
Morgue
Maintenance Shops
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P-List Examples
P012
P030
P042
P075
P081
P105
Arsenic Trioxide
Cyanide Salts
Epinephrine
Nicotine
Nitroglycerin
Sodium Azide
Chemotherapy
Laboratory
Emergency, Surgery
Smoking Cessation
Angina Treatment
Chemical Preservative
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U-List Examples
U002
U006
U034
U035
U044
Acetone
Acetyl Chloride
Chloral Hydrate
Chlorambucil
Chloroform
Pharmaceutical formulation
Cholesterol testing
Cough syrup, sleeping pills
Chemotherapy
Anesthetic
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Common Hazardous Waste Violations found at Hosptials
Failure to perform HW determinationsImproper disposal of chemotherapy drugsThrowing HW down the drainImproper management of expired pharmaceuticals, paints, etc.
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Common Violations, Cont.
Improper or no labeling of HWOpen containers of HWNo or inadequate HW manifestsLack of or inadequate HW training of employeesFailure to conduct inspectionsImproper consolidation of wastes from nearby facilities
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Universal Waste
“Streamlined management of otherwise hazardous waste”
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Universal Waste Generators
Small Quantity Handlers (SQHUW)Accumulate less than 11,000 pounds at any one time
Large Quantity Handlers (LQHUW)Accumulate 11,000 pounds or more
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Universal Waste Categories
Batteries
Mercury-containing Equipment
Bulbs (Lamps)
Pesticides
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Universal Waste in Hospitals
Batteries- pacemakers, defibrillators, fetal monitors,
heart monitors, pagers, telemetry devices, temperature alarms and blood analyzers, pumps, diagnostic equipment, otoscopes, opthalmoscopes,
- dictation machines- portable generators- …and many other devices
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Universal Waste in Hospitals
Mercury-Containing Equipment- Thermometers- Sphygmomanometers- Esophageal dilators; Cantor, Miller Abbott, and
feeding tubes- Dental amalgam - Batteries- Fluorescent lamps- Thermostats and electrical switches
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Universal Waste in Hospitals
Lamps- fluorescent- high intensity discharge- neon- mercury vapor- high-pressure sodium- metal halide
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For more information:
Richard Harrell 601-961-5343
Khairy Abu-Salah 601-961-5284
Mary Jean Gates [email protected]
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Hazardous Waste in Healthcare Operations
Environmental Compliance Assistance Workshop
for Mississippi Hospitals & Healthcare Facilities
July 30, 2008