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Managing Solid Waste Contaminated with a Category A Infectious Substance

Tags Autoclave, Category A, Ebola, Federal, Guidance Document, Infection Prevention and Control, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), R-WM, Regulations, Sterilizer, Training, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, Waste, Waste Management

Creator: U.S. Department of TransportationU.S. Environmental Protection AgencyU.S. Department of LaborCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2022-06-10
Description: Key Points: This documents supersedes earlier versions from January 2017 and August 2019. This document does not create new requirements, nor does it remove the obligation to comply with all applicable federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial…
“Let’s talk Trash”

Tags Autoclave, Category A, Ebola, MERS-CoV, Not updated, R-WM, Waste, Waste Management

Creator: NETEC
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: In Person Course
Date Last Updated: 2019-08-07
Description: Slides on waste from a NETEC Year 4- Year 5 course.
Waste Removal Process (Categories A and B)

Tags Autoclave, Infection Prevention and Control, Protocol, R-WM, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Waste Management

Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Protocol
Date Last Updated: 2017-12-01
Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To provide guidance for removing waste items from the NBU.
Autoclave Policy/Procedure

Tags Autoclave, Infection Prevention and Control, Protocol, R-IPC, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Waste Management

Creator: University of Nebraska Medical Center / Nebraska Medicine
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Protocol
Date Last Updated: 2021-12
Description: Policies and Procedures Manual: To prevent patients and healthcare workers from becoming contaminated by any materials used in the NBU.
Nebraska Biocontainment Unit perspective on disposal of Ebola medical waste

Tags Autoclave, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Public Health, R-WM, Waste

Creator: Lowe, J. J., S. G. Gibbs, S. S. Schwedhelm, J. Nguyen and P. W. Smith
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2014-12-01
Description: Clinical practices surrounding the current Ebola epidemic have been center stage in discourse concerning research and practice of care.
A pilot survey of the U.S. medical waste industry to determine training needs for safely handling highly infectious waste

Tags Autoclave, Category A, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, R-WM, Special Pathogens, Training, Waste

Creator: Le, A. B., S. Hoboy, A. Germain, H. Miller, R. Thompson, J. J. Herstein, K. C. Jelden, E. L. Beam, S. G. Gibbs and J. J. Lowe
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-01-17
Description: The recent Ebola outbreak led to the development of Ebola virus disease (EVD) best practices in clinical settings. However, after the care of EVD patients, proper medical waste management and disposal was identified as a crucial component to…
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): CDC's Response to the West African Ebola Epidemic

Tags Autoclave, Communications, CONOPS, Decontamination, Donning and Doffing, Ebola, Emergency Department, Emergency Management, EMS, Federal, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, Occupational Health, Patient Care, Patient Transport, Person Under Investigation (PUI), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Physical Infrastructure, Pre-hospital Transport, Public Health, R-PPE, Special Pathogens, Staffing, Staffing Model, Training, Waste

Creator: CDC
Subject: General
Item Type: Hyperlink
Date Last Updated: 2018-01-08
Description: U.S. Healthcare Workers and Settings | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever | CDC
Validation of Autoclave Protocols for Successful Decontamination of Category A Medical Waste Generated from Care of Patients with Serious Communicable Diseases.

Tags Autoclave, Category A, Decontamination, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, R-IPC, R-Res&Pub, Waste

Creator: Johns Hopkins
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2017-02-01
Description: General Resources | Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Resources: In response to the Ebola outbreak in 2014, many hospitals designated specific areas to care for patients with Ebola and other highly infectious diseases. The safe handling of category A…
Emory University Protocols

Tags Autoclave, Donning and Doffing, Ebola, Emergency Department, Emergency Management, EMS, Example, Identify, Infection Prevention and Control, Inform, Isolate, Isolation/Biocontainment, Occupational Health, Patient Care, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Physical Infrastructure, R-PPE, Regional Treatment Center, Special Pathogens, Staffing, Staffing Model, Waste

Creator: Emory
Subject: General
Item Type: Protocol
Date Last Updated: 2018-01-08
Description: Resources - National Ebola Training and Education Center
Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.