Section 8.0 Environmental Protections (Health And Safety); Disposal Of Medical Waste Products; Disposal Of Waste Electrical Equipment - Gyrus Acmi Berkeley VC-10 Mode D'emploi

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Section 8.0 Environmental Protections (Health and Safety)
8.1

Disposal of Medical Waste Products

The disposal of medical waste products (disposable devices and/or their contents) creates a risk
similar to the risk associated with handling, storage, and removal of potentially contaminated medical
waste products generated by a waste producing facility (e.g., hospital, laboratory, clinic, physicians
office, or other similar facility).
It is the sole responsibility of the waste producing facility to properly obtain, understand, and follow
all compliance guidelines, applicable policies and procedures, statutes, and regulations that govern
regulated medical waste produced by their facility in conjunction with all applicable local, city,
county, town, state, or country specific requirements for medical waste management, including
determination and characterization of bio-hazardous medical waste (whether contaminated and/or
infectious) which may include solid or liquid human waste (tissue, organs, products of conception,
and body fluids) and proper instructions for handling, precautionary disinfection or decontamination (if
required), containment and storage, marking or labeling, waste accumulation and duration of storage
requirements, and waste removal and disposal procedures.
In addition, it is the sole responsibility of the waste producing facility to provide a bio-safe working
environment, including training of staff members who come in contact with medical waste regarding
appropriate policies and procedures, use of protective equipment, selection of storage containers and
related supplies that prevent the release of waste prior to ultimate disposal, and any record keeping
activities relative to the source, type of waste, and disposal history.
8.2

Disposal of Waste Electrical Equipment

It is the sole responsibility of the user/user facility to properly dispose of equipment in a safe manner
consistent with all compliance guidelines, applicable policies and procedures, statutes, and regulations
that govern waste electrical equipment discarded by their facility in conjunction with all applicable
local, city, county, town, state, or country specific codes for waste management.
The safe disposal of waste electrical equipment should be undertaken only at the end of the
equipment's useful life (i.e., the device is nonfunctional & nonrepairable), and should be undertaken in
an environmentally conscious manner minimizing environmental impact.
It is the sole responsibility of the user/user facility to determine whether waste electrical equipment
should be collected and disposed separately from or together with unsorted municipal waste.
Public or private solid waste collection and disposal facilities that offer various forms of recovery
(dismantling, reuse, and recycling, where possible) should be selected reducing the amount of waste
being discarded and providing the highest level of protection for human health and the environment.
It is the sole responsibility of the user/user facility to determine the conditions under which the waste
electrical equipment is to be collected, noting that items contaminated by the user may require
confirmed decontamination by means of the best available treatment options.
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