COMPREHENSIVE HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR TULANE UNIVERISITY CAMPUSES

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COMPREHENSIVE HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR
TULANE UNIVERISITY CAMPUSES
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What Is Hazardous Waste?

• Hazardous waste is defined as any substance,
  material, and its mixture or solution that which
  has been determine by Secretary of Transportation
  to be capable of posing an unreasonable risk to
  health, safety and property and is no longer
  reusable, recyclable and must be disposed of
  properly.

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Prudent Management Strategies

• Waste Generators
• Laboratory Related Waste
• Chemical
• Biological
• Radioactive
• Mixed
• Facilities Services Related Waste
• Construction asbestos and lead
• Auto maintenance oil, batteries
• Paints solvent, mineral spirits
• Power plant corrosives and solvent

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EPA Classifications

• Flammables
• Corrosives
• Reactive
• Toxic

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Hazards in Educational Institutions

• Chemical
• Laboratory substances
• Flammables
• Toxic
• Reactive
• Explosive
• Biological
• Blood / Blood Products
• Animals
• Bacteria / viruses

• Radiological
• X-ray machines
• Lasers
• Radioisotopes

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Waste Streams

• Hazardous Chemical
• Radioactive
• Biological

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Discharge Pathways
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Regulatory Agencies

• Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)
• Occupational Health and Safety Administration(OSHA
  )
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC)
• Louisiana Department of Environmental
  Quality(LaDEQ)
• Department of Transportation(DOT)
• Department of Health and Human Services(DHHS)

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Regulations

• Clean Water Act (CWA)
• Clean Air Act (CAA)
• Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA)
• Atomic Energy Act
• Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA)

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Regulations

• Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA)
• Federal Insecticide, Fungicide Rodenticide Act
  (FIFRA)
• Chemical Security Act 2001
• Patriotic Act 2001
• Homeland Security Act

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Radiation Source Forms

• Radiation Producing Devices
• X-Ray (Diagnostic and Therapeutic
• X Ray Diffraction
• Electron Microscopes
• Radioactive Materials
• Sealed sources
• Loose forms

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Radiation Management

• License to possess radioactive materials from LA
  NRC
• Updated permits every six(6) months
• Contact Radiation Safety Officer
• Charles Reindl 504-988-2867

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Radioactive Material Usage

• Tulane University Polices and Procedures
• Contact Radiation Safety Officer
• Consult policies and procedures at OEHS website
  www.som.tulane.edu/oehs
• Storage
• Containers must be identified
• Exclusive for R/A materials
• Secured from unauthorized removal or constant
  surveillance in unrestricted area
• Protected from fire and flood
• Ventilation
• Impermeable surfaces

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Radioactive Material Usage

• Recordkeeping
• Area Requirements
• Radiation levels must be in compliance with dose
  level to individual members of the public
• Meter surveys, wipe tests, environmental
  monitoring leak test license conditions
• Posting
• Caution Radioactive Material
• Caution Radiation Area gt 5 mR/hr _at_ 12in

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Radioactive Waste Forms

• Waste from
• Scintillation liquids
• Solid
• Gaseous
• Mixed ( biological and chemical)
• Medical Radiolography

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Radioactive Waste Disposal

• Containerize solid radioactive waste in a
  radiation disposal bag
• Identify isotopes and activity(micro curies)
• Place date, laboratory number and name of
  licensed user on the bag.
• Scintillation liquids should be proper
  containerized and label
• Each campus should contact Radiation Safety
  Office for further instructions.

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RADIOACITVE WASTE DISPOSAL

• Radioisotopes Disposal must be in accordance with
  OEHS policies and procedures.
• Licenses must be updated semiannual
• Scintillation Solvents should not disposed down
  into the sewerage system.
• Contact Radiation Officer for instructions

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Potentially Infectious Biomedical Waste

• What is an Infectious Waste?
• Infectious, biohazard, biological and medical
• Waste capable of producing and infectious disease
• Presence of a pathogen of sufficient virulence
• Dose
• Portal of entry
• Resistance of host

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Potentially Infectious Biomedical Waste

• Human blood, body fluids or tissue
• Infectious micro-organisms
• Experimental animals
• Sharps

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Potentially Infectious Biomedical Waste

• Viral Agents
• e.g. HIV, HBV, Herpes
• Bacterial Agents
• e.g., Ecoli, Tuberculosis, Shiggella
• Fungal Agents
• e.g., Blastomyces, dermatitis
• Parasitic Agents
• e.g, Cyclosporida

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Potentially Biomedical Waste Key Issues

• Common Terms of Biomedical Waste
• Biohazardous
• Medical
• Red Bag Waste
• Visibly contaminated
• Auto-calved / Recognizable

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Potentially Infectious Biomedical Waste Packaging

• Rigid leak proof containers
• Sealed and imperious to moisture
• Absorbent to capture any free liquids
• Labeled with biohazard symbol
• Closed container for aerosols
• Sharps in an approved sharps container

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BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL WASTES DISPOSAL MANAGEMENT

• Containers / Glassware contaminated with
  biological hazards should be placed in a medical
  waste disposal boxes
• Sharps (syringes, scalpels, blades) should be
  placed in a sharps container
• Tulane Health Science Center(Downtown Campus)
  should contact Facilities Services for pick up.

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BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL WASTES DISPOSAL MANAGEMENT

• Primate Center Campus should follow primate
  polices and procedures
• Main Campus (Uptown Campus generators should
  render their biohazardous waste non-infectious
  prior to final disposal. And the materials
  should be transported off-site by a licensed
  biomedical waste disposer

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BIOLOGICAL AND MEDIAL WASTE
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Hazardous Chemical Waste

• Defined as a waste if
• On specific list, or
• Exhibits characteristics
• Flammability
• Corrosivity
• Reactivity
• Toxicity

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HAZARDOUS WASTES

• Proper labeling of hazardous wastes
• Use OEHS Hazardous Waste Labels
• Follow procedures located at www.tmc.tulane.edu/oe
  hs/hazmat.htm
• Do not store hazardous wastes behind doors or
  near ignition sources.
• Don t mix non-compatible material together.
• Closed containers when not adding wastes to them.
• Dispose of wastes in timely manner and contact
  OEHS for pick up.

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HAZARDOUS WASTE
Do not abandon chemicals!
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HAZARDOUS WASTE

• Hazardous Waste Must be Properly Labeled and
  Stored

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Non-Hazardous Waste Disposed As Solid Waste

• Containers with less than 3 materials are
  considered empty.
• Packaging materials and paper are considered
  non-hazardous unless saturated with a hazardous
  material.
• Broken Glass and Pipettes containing no chemical,
  biological and or radioactive substance is
  classified as non-hazardous