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Code · Michigan · Chapter 333 — Health

333.13811 Storage, decontamination, and disposal of medical waste.

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333.13811 Storage, decontamination, and disposal of medical waste.
Sec. 13811.
A producing facility shall store, decontaminate, and dispose of medical waste pursuant to the following:
(a)Cultures and stocks of material contaminated with an infectious agent shall be stored in closed, puncture-resistant containers, decontaminated by autoclaving or incineration, and disposed of in a sanitary landfill.
(b)Blood and blood products and body fluids shall be disposed of by 1 or more of the following methods:
(i)Flushing down a sanitary sewer.
(ii)Decontaminating by autoclaving or incineration.
(iii)Solidifying.
(iv)If not in liquid form, transferring to a sanitary landfill.
(v)A process approved by the department.
(c)Pathological waste shall be disposed of by 1 or more of the following methods:
(i)Incineration or cremation.
(ii)Grinding and flushing into a sanitary sewer.
(iii)Burial in a cemetery, if transported in leakproof containers of sufficient integrity to prevent rupture.
(iv)Grinding until rendered unrecognizable, stored in closed, puncture-resistant, properly labeled containers, and, if not in liquid form, disposed of in a sanitary landfill.
(v)A process approved by the department.
(d)Sharps shall be disposed of by 1 of the following methods:
(i)Placement in rigid, puncture-resistant containers that are appropriately labeled and transported to a sanitary landfill in a manner that retains the integrity of the container.
(ii)Incineration or decontamination and grinding that renders the objects unrecognizable. Ground sharps shall be placed in a sealed, rupture-resistant container and transported to a sanitary landfill.
(iii)A process approved by the department.
(e)Animal waste contaminated with organisms infectious to humans shall be disposed of by incineration or by burial in a sanitary landfill in properly labeled, double containers that are leakproof and puncture-resistant and are tightly sealed to prevent escape of fluids or material. Contaminated animal organs disposed of separately shall be rendered unrecognizable.
History: Add. 1990, Act 21, Eff. June 4, 1990
Popular Name: Act 368
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