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.