{"id":1975,"date":"2023-02-28T14:54:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T14:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public.ksc.nasa.gov\/environmental\/?page_id=1975"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:44:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T13:44:06","slug":"biomedicalwaste","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/public.ksc.nasa.gov\/environmental\/biomedicalwaste\/","title":{"rendered":"Biomedical Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"min-height:200px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-30 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1588\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-161\" alt=\"Kennedy's Environmental Program\" src=\"https:\/\/public.ksc.nasa.gov\/environmental\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/05\/ShorelineBG01a.jpg\" style=\"object-position:50% 60%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 60%\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-9cb8604a\"><h1 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Biomedical Waste<\/h1><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-columns uagb-columns__wrap uagb-columns__background-none uagb-columns__stack-mobile uagb-columns__valign- uagb-columns__gap-20 alignwide uagb-block-9e863023 uagb-columns__columns-1 uagb-columns__max_width-theme\"><div class=\"uagb-columns__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-columns__inner-wrap uagb-columns__columns-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-39d3536b\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"has-poppins-font-family advgb-h94wv8-2i954i-5eepph\">Biomedical waste management requirements are found in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 29 Part 1910.1030 and in Florida Administrative Code (FAC) Chapter 64E-16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-poppins-font-family advgb-2hfzln-azma4g-ewurh3\">The NASA Environmental Assurance Branch (EAB) monitors KSC medical and laboratory operations that generate biomedical waste streams to assure compliance with the regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-poppins-font-family advgb-jhehjr-kjkofz-nne55f\">Organizations and contractors shall maintain all records (such as autoclave logbooks, contingency plans, waste shipping manifests, training records, operation plans, and biomedical waste bag reports) required by FAC 64E-16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-poppins-font-family advgb-01fg65-3e7y6d-hm5q7m\">The KSC requirements for biomedical waste management are found in Chapter 15 of KNPR 8500.1 (KSC Environmental Requirements).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<style class=\"advgb-styles-renderer\">.advgb-h94wv8-2i954i-5eepph {font-family:\"Poppins\";font-weight:400;}.advgb-2hfzln-azma4g-ewurh3 {font-family:\"Poppins\";font-weight:400;}.advgb-jhehjr-kjkofz-nne55f {font-family:\"Poppins\";font-weight:400;}.advgb-01fg65-3e7y6d-hm5q7m {font-family:\"Poppins\";font-weight:400;}.advgb-h94wv8-2i954i-5eepph {font-family:\"Poppins\";font-weight:400;}.advgb-2hfzln-azma4g-ewurh3 {font-family:\"Poppins\";font-weight:400;}.advgb-jhehjr-kjkofz-nne55f {font-family:\"Poppins\";font-weight:400;}.advgb-01fg65-3e7y6d-hm5q7m {font-family:\"Poppins\";font-weight:400;}.advgb-h94wv8-2i954i-5eepph {font-family:\"Poppins\";font-weight:400;}.advgb-2hfzln-azma4g-ewurh3 {font-family:\"Poppins\";font-weight:400;}.advgb-jhehjr-kjkofz-nne55f {font-family:\"Poppins\";font-weight:400;}.advgb-01fg65-3e7y6d-hm5q7m {font-family:\"Poppins\";font-weight:400;}<\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biomedical waste management requirements are found in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 29 Part 1910.1030 and in Florida Administrative Code (FAC) Chapter 64E-16. 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