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Are you preparing suspected Ebola contaminated waste for transportation?

Creator: United States Department of Transportation (DOT): Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)
Subject: Waste
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2017-07-18
Description: Ebola Contaminated Waste for Transportation Poster

Tags: Category A, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Waste, Waste Management

Managing Solid Waste Contaminated with a Category A Infectious Substance: Summary of Key Points and Significant Changes

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: 2019-09-26
Description: This document summarizes a full guide. The full guide supersedes an interim version, previously published on January 19, 2017. This document does not create new requirements, nor does it remove the obligation to comply with all applicable federal,…

Tags: Category A, Guidance Document, Waste, Waste Management

Managing Solid Waste Contaminated with a Category A Infectious Substance

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: 2019-08-19
Description: This document supersedes an interim version, previously published on January 19, 2017. This document does not create new requirements, nor does it remove the obligation to comply with all applicable federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial laws…

Tags: Category A, Guidance Document, Waste, Waste Management

“Let’s talk Trash”

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.

Tags: Autoclave, Category A, Ebola, MERS-CoV, Waste, Waste Management

Safe Handling, Treatment, Transport and Disposal of Ebola-Contaminated Waste

Creator: U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-03
Description: Ebola-Contaminated Waste safe handling Fact Sheet

Tags: Category A, Ebola, Guidance Document, Infection Prevention and Control, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Sterilizer, Waste, Waste Management

Interim – Planning Guidance for the Handling of Solid Waste Contaminated with a Category A Infectious Substance

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: 2017-01-19
Description: What this is for: This Guidance is for safe handling of solid waste contaminated with a Category A infectious substance (henceforth, “contaminated waste”) and the proper management of inactivated Category A waste materials in the United…

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

Interim-Planning Guidance for the Handling of Solid Waste Contaminated with a Category A Infectious Substance

Creator: U.S. Department of Transportation
Subject: Waste Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2017-01-19

Tags: Category A, Special Pathogens, Waste Management

A pilot survey of the U.S. medical waste industry to determine training needs for safely handling highly infectious 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…

Tags: Autoclave, Category A, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Special Pathogens, Training, Waste

Validation of Autoclave Protocols for Successful Decontamination of Category A Medical Waste Generated from Care of Patients with Serious Communicable Diseases.

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…

Tags: Autoclave, Category A, Decontamination, Ebola, Infection Prevention and Control, Waste