Medical Waste Disposal in the Home

Hours: 0.50
# Course Code: REL-SRC-0-MWDH

Working in a home-based environment often presents many challenges. One of these challenges is determining how to properly manage waste, especially medical waste. This course presents the proper way to manage medical waste in the home setting. It includes the identification of medical waste items, as well as the regulations that govern medical waste disposal in the home. Finally, it describes the proper procedure for the handling and disposal of contaminated sharps, medications, and other regulated medical waste, such as personal protective equipment, or PPE.

Course Description

Working in a home-based environment often presents many challenges. One of these challenges is determining how to properly manage waste, especially medical waste. This course presents the proper way to manage medical waste in the home setting. It includes the identification of medical waste items, as well as the regulations that govern medical waste disposal in the home. Finally, it describes the proper procedure for the handling and disposal of contaminated sharps, medications, and other regulated medical waste, such as personal protective equipment, or PPE.

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Course Details

Course Code: REL-SRC-0-MWDH

Hours: 0.5

Type: Online Course

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2023

Learning Objectives:
Identify regulated medical waste items in the home.
Recognize the regulations that govern medical waste disposal in the home.
Demonstrate the proper procedure for handling and disposing medical waste in the home.

Outline:

Section 1: Introduction

A. About This Course

B. Learning Objectives

Section 2: Medical Waste

A. Hidden Hazards

B. What is Medical Waste?

C. Who Regulates Medical Waste?

D. Medical Waste in the Home

E. Your Responsibility

F. Review

G. Summary

Section 3: Medical Waste

A. Handling and Disposing Medical Waste

B. Labels and Color Coding

C. Containers for Medical Waste

D. Sharps E. Medication Disposal

F. Your Practice

G. Review

H. Summary

Section 4: Conclusion

A. Summary

B. Course Contributor

C. Resources

D. References

E. Congratulations!

Staff Writer: Jennifer W. Burks, M.S.N., R.N.

Jennifer has over 25 years of clinical and teaching experience, and her areas of expertise are critical care and home health. She is certified as an OASIS Specialist- Clinical (COS-C). She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from The University of Virginia in 1993 and her Master of Science in Nursing from The University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 1996. Her professional practice in education is guided by a philosophy borrowed from Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing, “I do not pretend to teach her how, I ask her to teach herself, and for this purpose, I venture to give her some hints.” Disclosure: Jennifer W. Burks, M.S.N., R.N. discloses the following potential conflict of interests/commercial interests: Relevant Financial Relationship with Relias LLC as a Salaried Employee All of the relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.Relevant Non-Financial Relationship with No Entities Exists as a Contributor All of the relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.

Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Entry level General Staff; in the following settings: Hospice, Palliative Care.

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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous/Online Distance Learning; please see certificate details for specifics on delivery format.
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To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.

Accommodations
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