- 1. LABORATORY WASTE MANAGEMENT IN MEDICAL/ HEALTH UNIVERSITYMGS
1113 CHEMISTRYOCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTHUNISELINTERNAL ASSESSOR
: MOHAMMAD ADAMADMANEXTERNAL ASSESSOR:PRESENTOR 1 : NUR IZZATI
BINTI SAMSUDINPRESENTOR 2 : NURSHAHIRAH BINTI MOHD SHAHIDPRESENTOR
3 : MARIYANA BINTI BAHARONPRESENTATION DATE : 3rd October 2014
2. Who is the Authority thatgenerally regulate LaboratoryWaste
?Malaysia Department ofEnvironmentINTERNATIONALThe
Californiadepartment of toxicsubstance 3. State the specific names
of theAct/Regulation for Laboratory Waste ? Management ofClinical
Waste inMalaysia Environmental Quality(Scheduled Wastes)Regulations
2005 California MedicalWaste ManagementAct of 1990 4. General
Definition of LaboratoryWaste based from theAct/Regulations?
MALAYSIA Healthcare wastesSolid and liquid waste arising
fromhealthcare (includingcollected gaseous waste). Hazardous
healthcare wastesBiological (recognisableanatomical waste)
andpathological waste, chemical,toxic or pharmaceutical
wasteincluding cytotoxic drug; (anti-neoplastics),sharps
(e.g.needles, scalpels) and
radioactivewaste.INTERNATIONALLaboratory Waste includesbiohazardous
waste, sharpswaste, and waste which isgenerated or produced as
aresult of diagnosis,treatment, or immunizationof human beings or
animals,in research pertainingthereto, or in the productionor
testing of biologicals. 5. CONT MALAYSIA Iv. Infectious healthcare
wastesAll healthcare waste known or clinic ally assessed by
amedical practitioner or veterinary/surgeon to have thepotential
transmitting infectious agents to humans oranimals: -a. discarded
materials or equipments contaminatedwith blood and its derivatives,
other body fluids or excretafrom isolated infected patients.b.
laboratory waste (cultures and stocks with anyviable biological
agents artificially cultivated to significantlyelevated numbers and
infected animals from laboratories). 6. The Categories/Group
oflaboratory wastes?MALAYSIA Wastes from hospitalsand
healthcareestablishments can becategorized into thefollowing
types:-i. Clinical waste;ii. Radioactive waste;iii. Chemical
waste;iv. Pressurizedcontainers; andv. General waste.INTERNATIONAL
Specimen cultures from medicaland pathological laboratories Stocks
of biohazardous materialsfrom research Clinical and teaching
laboratories Human blood Surgical specimens Other waste materials
that arefound by the administering agencyor the local Health
Officer to pose A threat to human health or theenvironment. 7. List
a fewAssociation/Societies/Boards/Councils that also responsible to
overviewLaboratory Wastes Ministry of Health California
BiomedicalResearch institution 8. List several of
theProcedure/Guidelines/Standardsfor Laboratory Wastes? 9.
MALAYSIAWASTE SEGREGATION It is the responsibility of nursing and
clinical staff to ensure that segregation ofclinical waste is
carried out at sourc e and that all clinical wastes are
depositedonly in yellow bags and sharps in sharp bins only. All
healthcare establishments in Malaysia shall adopt the following
standard colourcoding which is widely accepted:-Black : General
wastesYellow : Clinical wastes for incineration onlyLight blue :
Wastes for autoclaving or equivalent treatment16 before
ultimatedisposal Clinical waste requiring autoclaving , or other
equivalent treatment, beforedisposal shall be stored in light blue
autoclave bags before such treatment butshould be placed in yellow
plastics bags after treatment. Containers/bags in these colours
shall only be used for the disposal of clinicalwaste and not for
the transportation of other items, such as heavily
contaminatedlinen to the laundry. Care should be taken to avoid
confusion with other sortingsystems which may use colour coding or
identification, such as a laundry system. 10. LABELLING AND MARKING
All bags and drum containers must be identified at the pointof
production and should be indelibly and clearly marked withbiohazard
symbol For storing of waste in container, appropriate label should
bepasted onto the container. The date when the scheduledwastes are
first generated, name, address and telephonenumber of the waste
generator shall be included in the label. Labelling can be done in
a number of ways: - writing the information on the bag or
container; using pre-printed tape; using pre-printed self-adhesive
address labels supplied on apeel-off roll; Tie-on tag label, with
information written on them; Self-locking plastic tags, pre-printed
with all the requiredinformation. 11. INTERNATIONAL Medical waste
is segregated at the point of generation by depositing itinto
solid,containers lined with autoclavable bags and marked on
theoutside with a biohazard label. The containers must have a close
fitting lid. Biohazardous waste must be contained in bags which are
red andlabeled with "Biohazard" or "Infectious waste", the
internationalbiohazard symbol, and are certified to meet strength
requirements. Storage for untreated, bagged biohazardous waste
shall be secured todeny access to unauthorized personnel. Exterior
doors will be marked with the international biohazard symbol
Maximum storage time:7 days or less when stored above the
temperature 0COR90 days or less when stored below 0C 12. Identify
theContractors/Service Providersthat manage the disposal
oflaboratory waste for universityo Radicare Sdn Bhd o
StericycleCalifornia licensedmedical waste haulerand treatment
facility 13. Provide a few specific examples oflaboratory wastes in
Medical/HealthUniversityMALAYSIAClinical wastes are wastes
containing:- Human or animal tissue; Blood or body fluids;
Excretions; Drugs; Pharmaceutical products; Soiled swabs or
dressings; Syringes, needles, sharps; Any waste that has come into
contactor been mixed with any of the abovetypes of wastes; Waste
unless rendered safe may provehazardous to any person coming
intocontact with it. INTERNATIONAL Surgical specimenshuman or
primate animalparts or tissues removedsurgically or by autopsy
Components of blood orbody fluidssuch as cerebrospinalfluid,
synovial fluids, pleuralfluid, peritoneal fluid,pericardial fluid,
andamniotic fluid 14. Photo 1 : Show the good handlingof wastes in
Lab? 15. Photo 2 : Show the good handlingof wastes in Lab? 16.
Photo 3 : Show the good handlingof wastes in Lab? 17. Photo 4 :
Show the good handlingof wastes in Lab? 18. Photo 5 : Show the good
handlingof wastes in Lab? 19. As a student,what is the MOST
importantaspect in dealing with potential laboratorywaste in a
University? As a student, the most important aspect indealing with
potential laboratory waste is byfollowing the guidelines and rules
that havebeen provided, because appropriate handlingand disposal of
laboratory wastes is essentialin order to mitigate against adverse
healthand environmental consequences. 20. From your findings , does
MalaysiaLaboratory waste management system isproperly in place
compared to theinternational or other developingcountries ? Please
comment No,Because compared to international,Malaysia has poor
laboratory wastemanagement system as example Inmalaysia we not
strictly following theregulations on handling laboratory
wastemanagement. 21. In your Opinion , How to sustain acontinuous
and the most cost effectivemanagement of laboratory wastes
inMalaysia university Train new students Give them more information
aboutdangerous of hazardous waste Campaign on laboratory
wastemanagement Put a hazard sign at the place where thechemical
placed 22. Do you think this is topic is essential inyour future
career ( EH/OSH )? andWhy? Essential in future career
(EH/OSH)because we will be working on those areawhere we will be
handling chemicals too. We will learn how to take
precautionmeasures in handling laboratory waste infuture. 23.
References: Slides 2-13My-)
http://www.doe.gov.my/portalv1/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/anagement_Of_Clinical_Wastes_In_Malaysia__2__0.pdf2)http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/dspace/bitstream/123456789/7439/1/Laboratory%20safety%20guideline.pdfInt-http://ehs.ucsb.edu/units/biosafety/biorsc/biopdf/ucsbmedwastmgtplan.pdf
Slides 14-18Googleimage/Laboratory chemical waste management
guidelinesLaboratory waste handling procedure 24. Acknowledgements:
First and foremost,we would like to thank to our
lecturerMGS1113,Chemistry,En Mohammad Adam Adman forthe valuable
guidance abd advice.He inspired us greatlyto work in this
assignment.His willingness to motivate uscontributed tremendously
to our assignment.Besides wewould like to thank the authority of
UNISEL for providingus with a good environment and facilities to
completethis assignment. Finally an honourable mention goes toour
family and friends for their understandings andsupports on us in
completing this assignment.Withouthelps of the particular that
mentioned above we wouldface maybe difficulties while doing this
assignment.