ACE Hazardous Waste Management

A black bin in your work area is 3/4 full. What should you do? Select the best 2 answers.

1. Consult the Waste Determination Posting to contact onsite support staff for bin pickup 2. Request disposal of EPA RCRA hazardous waste via the Chemical Pickup Request eForm on PeopleConnect

You're in a patient room and see the following items listed below. Identify which are considered hazardous waste when you need to dispose of them. Select the 3 best answers

1. Expired/not empty chloraprep 2. Syringes 3. Needles

You are doing a safety sweep of your area and you see the following items left out. Which of the items below in healthcare are considered EPA RCRA Hazardous waste? Select the 3 best answers

1. Hand sanitizer 2. 10% hydrogen peroxide 3. A bottle of barium sulfate

What is considered EPA RCRA Hazardous waste? Select the 2 best answers.

1. Listed as hazardous waste in the regulation 2. Have characteristics of flammability, corrosive ability, reactivity, and toxicity

A nurse is performing a sweep of her area. She notices that three of the bottles of alcohol-based hand sanitizers have expired. Based on its alcohol content, hand sanitizer is considered flammable. What should the nurse do with the expired hand sanitizer?

1. Place in the black bin

You work with Regulated Medical Waste (RMW). What should you do when collecting and storing RMW in your location? Select the best 3 answers

1. Secure rigid containers by making sure lids are tightly closed 2. Label container with a RMW symbol 3. Place RMW in red liners and tie using a ponytail knot

You have a new black bin at your station. What is the first thing you should do?

Label the bin with the words "Hazardous Waste", the hazards of the contents and the location in the building

You need to place a red bag in a red container. How should you tie the bag?

Ponytail tie

You dispose of chest tubing that contains a fair amount of body fluids in a red bag. What should you do to reduce the risk of a fluids spill?

Put a solidifying agent into the red bag and tie off properly

Choose the best container to dispose of trace chemo, USP 800 HD drugs, and infectious/pathological waste?

Yellow bin