Hazardous Materials and Waste Safety
  • Follow all oxygen safety instructions.
  • Dispose of syringes, needles, lancets, or other sharp objects into a puncture proof container with a tightly secured lid.
  • Dispose of other soiled materials into plastic bags with bleach and place in outdoor garbage can, or incinerate daily.
  • Clean and store all equipment as instructed.
  • To clean clothing and linens that are soiled with blood, urine, stool, vomitus, or wounded drainage:
    1. Rinse to remove substance
    2. Add bleach to wash cycle
    3. Use hot wash and hot rinse cycle on washer

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