Regulation .40 Container Standards — Healthcare Facilities Managing Non-Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals.
Regulation .40 Container Standards — Healthcare Facilities Managing Non-Creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals.LinkCopy Citation
A.
A healthcare facility may not place a non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceutical in a container unless the container:
(1)
Is structurally sound;
(2)
Is compatible with the contents of the container; and
(3)
Lacks evidence of leakage, spillage, or damage that could cause leakage under reasonably foreseeable conditions.
B.
A healthcare facility that manages ignitable or reactive non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals in a container, or that mixes or commingles incompatible non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals in a container shall manage the container so that the container does not have the potential to:
(1)
Generate:
(a)
Extreme heat or pressure;
(b)
A fire or an explosion; or
(c)
A violent reaction;
(2)
Produce uncontrolled toxic mists, fumes, dusts, or gases in sufficient quantities to threaten human health;
(3)
Produce uncontrolled flammable fumes or gases in sufficient quantities to pose a risk of fire or explosion;
(4)
Damage the structural integrity of the container; or
(5)
Threaten human health or the environment through means other than those identified in §B(1)—(4) of this regulation.
C.
A healthcare facility shall keep each container of non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals closed and secured in a manner that prevents unauthorized access to the contents of the container.
D.
Commingling Non-creditable Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals with Non-hazardous Non-creditable Waste Pharmaceuticals.
(1)
Except as provided in §D(2) of this regulation, a healthcare facility may accumulate non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and non-hazardous non-creditable waste pharmaceuticals in the same container.
(2)
A healthcare facility may not accumulate the following non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals in the same container with non-hazardous non-creditable waste pharmaceuticals:
(a)
Non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals that are prohibited from being combusted because of the dilution prohibition of 40 CFR §268.3(c), namely, metal bearing waste codes listed in Appendix XI of 40 CFR Part 268 that meet none of the criteria in 40 CFR §268.3(c)(1)—(6); and
(b)
Non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals that are prohibited from being lab packed by 40 CFR §268.42(c), namely, wastes having waste codes listed in Appendix IV of 40 CFR Part 268.
(3)
A healthcare facility shall label a container that contains a non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceutical identified in §D(2) of this regulation with all applicable EPA hazardous waste numbers, which are also referred to as hazardous waste codes.
E.
Container Labeling. A healthcare facility shall label or clearly mark each container of non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals with the phrase “Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals”.