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	<title>Mac&#039;s Safety Space &#187; EPA</title>
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		<title>Using your Swiss Army knife on protected health information</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/11/using-your-swiss-army-knife-on-protected-health-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve MacArthur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently on our chat group, Patient Safety Talk, someone raised a question about how to properly dispose of medication bottles that had patient information on them in terms of HIPAA compliance.
My best advice would be to:

Work with your compliance officer to make sure that the information contained on the labels actually meets the definition of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go ahead, ask your haulers about regulated medical waste</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/09/go-ahead-ask-your-haulers-about-regulated-medical-waste/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/09/go-ahead-ask-your-haulers-about-regulated-medical-waste/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve MacArthur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of the rules regarding regulated medical waste live at the state level, and generally the most knowledgeable folks in the food chain are the medical waste disposal people &#8212; in other words, your vendors and haulers.
My consultative advice would be to talk to the disposal folks because they&#8217;re being paid to help manage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hazmat inventory provisions under EC.02.02.01</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/05/hazmat-inventory-provisions-under-ec020201/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/05/hazmat-inventory-provisions-under-ec020201/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 20:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve MacArthur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Environment of care standard EC.02.02.01 talks of maintaining an inventory of hazardous materials and waste.
I&#8217;ve been wondering when folks such as you would get around to looking over the revised hazmat standard under EC.02.02.01. After the establishment of the new life safety and emergency management standards for 2009, The Joint Commission did the most tinkering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lead aprons and hazardous waste disposal</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/03/lead-aprons-and-hazardous-waste-disposal/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/03/lead-aprons-and-hazardous-waste-disposal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve MacArthur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hazardous materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical supplies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I found myself in an e-mail conversation recently about the disposal of lead radiation aprons and whether there is a hazardous waste or EPA aspect to this activity.
My experience has been that these aprons indeed do need to be disposed of as hazardous waste. However, you may be able to prevail upon the vendor from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air pollution control devices may help with upcoming EPA notification</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/03/air-pollution-control-devices-may-help-with-upcoming-epa-notification/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/03/air-pollution-control-devices-may-help-with-upcoming-epa-notification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve MacArthur</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hazardous materials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The EPA put a new rule into effect in December that requires hospitals with ethylene oxide (EtO) sterilizers to run full loads.
Partial loads may be run if medically necessary, and in all cases, hospitals must document every sterilizer load and, when loads aren&#8217;t full, note the medical reasons. The EPA mandates initial notification of compliance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Though EPA is proposing pharmaceutical waste changes, pay attention to your state</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/01/though-epa-is-proposing-pharmaceutical-waste-changes-pay-attention-to-your-state/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2009/01/though-epa-is-proposing-pharmaceutical-waste-changes-pay-attention-to-your-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve MacArthur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical waste, as they say in the industry, is a very sticky wicket. There is certainly a great deal of anticipation that the RCRA restrictions (nice alliteration, eh?) will be relaxed to a degree that is most favorable to hospitals when it comes to this waste (see the January 29 Hospital Safety Connection for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming EPA deadline, from the latest Briefings on Hospital Safety</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2008/12/upcoming-epa-deadline-from-the-latest-briefings-on-hospital-safety/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2008/12/upcoming-epa-deadline-from-the-latest-briefings-on-hospital-safety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Wallask</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Administrative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergency management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joint Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone, it&#8217;s Scott Wallask &#8211;
The EPA has an important deadline coming up December 29 regarding ethylene oxide sterilizer loads. That&#8217;s our lead story in the current issue of Briefings on Hospital Safety, which is available online for all subscribers to the Hospital Safety Center.
Other articles include:

Some timely tips about the revised EC standards, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is The Joint Commission considering a hazmat focus?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2008/08/is-the-joint-commission-considering-a-hazmat-focus/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2008/08/is-the-joint-commission-considering-a-hazmat-focus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve MacArthur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joint Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As you ponder the 2009 EC standards, hazardous materials and waste under EC.02.02.01 bears watching.
 
The Joint Commission (formerly JCAHO) did a lot of shifting around in this section. My fear is that Joint Commission officials are readying this area for some intensified scrutiny.
 
I think the Environmental Protection Agency&#8217;s (EPA) healthcare-based activities in different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA has issued ethylene oxide sterilizer rule</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2008/01/epa-has-issued-ethylene-oxide-sterilizer-rule/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2008/01/epa-has-issued-ethylene-oxide-sterilizer-rule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve MacArthur</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been seeing a fair amount of discussion about the EPA&#8217;s final rule on ethylene oxide sterilizers. I don&#8217;t have a chance right now to delve into thoughts about it, but wanted to post something just for your FYI.
 
The final rule applies to any existing or new hospital ethylene oxide sterilization facility that qualifies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA issues a ruling on epinephrine salts</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2007/10/epa-issues-a-ruling-on-epinephrine-salts/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/hospitalsafety/2007/10/epa-issues-a-ruling-on-epinephrine-salts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Wallask</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hey everyone, it&#8217;s Scott Wallask checking in with an interesting note from the EPA. It appears ephineprine salts are officially off the list of P-listed wastes that the agency regulates.
Click here to read the decision.
Sounds like that&#8217;s a welcome announcement.
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