Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 51 - PUBLIC HEALTH-SANITARY CODE › Part XXVII - Management of Refuse, Infectious Waste, Medical Waste, and Potentially Infectious Biomedical Waste › Chapter 11 - Treatment › Section XXVII-1101 - Treatment of Potentially Infectious Biomedical Waste [formerly paragraph 27:025]

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Treatment shall be by one of the following.
1. [Formerly paragraph 27:025-1]
Incineration
-to consume waste by burning under conditions in
				conformance with the standards prescribed by the Louisiana Department of
				Environmental Quality and other laws, rule and regulations as may
				apply.
2. [Formerly paragraph
				27:025-2]
Steam Sterilization
-autoclaving at a temperature of
				at least 120°C., (248°F.), and a pressure of at least 15 pounds per square inch
				for at least 30 minutes. Longer times are required depending on the amount of
				waste, the presence of water and the type of container used. Alternate patterns
				of temperature, pressure and time may be used if compatible with the
				sterilization equipment being used and demonstrably sufficient to kill disease
				causing microorganisms.
3.
				[Formerly paragraph 27:025-3] Disposal as a liquid, with or without other
				treatment, into a sewage treatment system meeting the requirements of Part XIII
				of this Code.
4. [Formerly
				paragraph 27:025-4]
Thermal Inactivation
-dry heat of at least
				160°C., (320°F.), at atmospheric pressure for at least two hours. This relates
				to time of exposure after attaining the specific temperature and does not
				include lag time.
5. [Formerly
				paragraph 27:025-5]
Chemical Disinfection
-the use of a
				chemical agent only in accordance with the written approval of the state health
				officer, except for hypochlorite bleach, diluted with water to no less than
				5,000 ppm of chlorine (generally 1 part liquid household bleach, 9 parts
				water). If chemically disinfected wastes are to be disposed into a sewage
				treatment system, the written permission of the operating authority of the
				sewage treatment system must be secured.
6. [Formerly paragraph 27:025-6]
Irradiation Sterilization
-the use of gamma rays, X-rays, or
				other forms of radiation to treat potentially infectious biomedical waste may
				be used only with the written approval of the state health officer.
7. [Formerly paragraph 27:025-7] Treatment
				and disposition of human bodies, gross anatomical parts and fetal remains shall
				be by burial, cremation, or other means specifically authorized in law or
				regulation. Extracted human teeth may be disposed of by these means, or as
				sharps.
8. [Formerly paragraph
				27:025-8] Treatment and disposition of sharps shall be by incineration,
				encasement in plaster within a tightly closed container, encasement in other
				substances within a tightly closed container, as approved by the state health
				officer or by other treatment that renders them unrecognizable as medical
				sharps, and, for all practical purposes, precludes the release of recognizable
				needles and syringes if compacted. Small health care and medical facility
				generators, as defined in
				§301 of these regulations may dispose
				of sharps by encasement, as described above, without prior sterilization,
				inactivation or disinfection. Large health care and medical facility
				generators, as defined in
				§301 of these regulations may apply to
				the state health officer for authority to dispose of sharps by encasement
				without prior sterilization, inactivation or disinfection.