Sharps Containers Information and Resources
Medical Waste Disposal Information and Resources
ISIPS - International Sharps Injury Prevention Society
"Deadly Needles" series, SF Chronicle
Sharps Disposal Information and Resources
International Health Care Worker Safety Center at
the University of Virginia Health System
Needlestick PowerPoint Presentation (6/2001) (PPT)
Workbook for Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program
State
California
SHARPS Injury Control Program
State Needle Safety Legislation - International
Health Care Worker Safety Center
West Virginia Needlestick Injury Prevention Program
Catheters OSHA: Protecting Health Care Workers
CDC Workbook for Designing, Implementing, and
Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program
NIOSH Alert: Preventing Needlestick Injuries in
Health Care Settings
NIOSH Safer Medical Device Implementation in
Healthy Care Facilities: Sharing Lessons Learned
Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act: Text of
Bill
OSHA Subject Page for Needle Sticks
OSHA's Safer Needle Devices: Protecting Health
Care Workers
OSHA -
Definition of a Safer Needle Device
OSHA - Efficacy
of Safer Needle Devices
OSHA - Characteristics of Safer Needle Devices
OSHA - Evaluation and Selection of Safer Needle Devices
OSHA's Position
on Safer Needle Devices
OSHA - Appendix
A FDA Safety Alert
OSHA -
Appendix B Sample Evaluation Form
OSHA -
Appendix C Additional Resources
OSHA Directives - Enforcement Procedures for the
Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens
OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Module
Preventing Needlesticks (OSHA - Large PDF)NIOSH Alert -
Revision to OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
There are approximately 30,000 biomedical waste facilities in Florida. These include hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, laboratories, funeral homes, dentists, veterinarians, physicians, transporters, and storage and treatment facilities. The objective of the biomedical waste program is to protect healthcare workers, environmental-service staff, waste haulers, and the general public from risks associated with potentially infectious biomedical waste.
Both the Department of Health and the FloridaDepartment of Environmental Protection have responsibilities under this program. The Department of Environmental Protection has primary responsibility for biomedical waste incineration and final disposal. The Department of Health has primary authority and responsibility for facilities that generate, transport, store, or treat biomedical waste through processes other than incineration.
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The 1993 Florida
Legislature provided funding for the Biomedical Waste Program from the Solid
Waste Management Trust Fund. Additional funding is provided through the
annual permitting of facilities that generate at least 25 pounds of biomedical
waste in any 30-day period. Permitted facilities are inspected
annually. Facilities that produce less than 25 pounds of biomedical waste
in each 30-day period are exempt from permitting, and are inspected every three
years.
Department
of Health oversight of biomedical waste management is conducted to assure
proper identification, segregation, containment, storage, and labeling of
biomedical waste. The department has established parameters for the safe
handling and treatment of biomedical waste. The department has produced
lists of commercial biomedical
waste treatment facilities
and of red bags for biomedical waste containment
that meet the standards of Chapter 64E-16, F.A.C. Other red bags also may
be used if they meet the construction standards required by Chapter 64E-16,
F.A.C.
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Chapter
64E-16, F.A.C., requires biomedical waste facilities to provide training to
personnel whose responsibilities include some aspect of managing biomedical
waste. Such personnel must be trained prior to assuming any duties
associated with biomedical waste, and they must receive an annual refresher
course. Training must detail the procedures included in the facility's
written operating plan, as well as compliance with Chapter 64E-16, F.A.C.
A video on VHS tape, CD, or DVD to assist in meeting the training requirement
can be purchased from the Department of Health for $22.00. The order form
can be downloaded from below.
If you are
in business as a biomedical waste generator or transporter, or operate a
storage or treatment facility, or intend to do so, you can download from below
the permit, registration, and report forms you require.
