Title: Demonstrate procedures for handling and disposing of infectious and/or hazardous materials.
Course: Biomedical Technician (14900) > Section: Maintaining a Safe Environment

Demonstration should include

- explaining the procedures
- explaining the importance of the following:
  - Chain of infection
  - PPE
  - Aseptic technique
  - Clean up procedures
  - Disposal of waste materials
  - Sterile technique (including the concept of "chemically clean")
  - Difference between disinfectant and antiseptic and in which situations each should be used

Process/Skill Questions:

- How can the chain of infection be broken?
- What are appropriate cleanup procedures for hazardous materials?
- Why are aseptic rules important to the field of biomedical technology?
- What are the specific rules and procedures involved in asepsis?
- What is the chain of infection? Why is it important to understand it?
- What are the rules for handling, cleaning up, and disposing of infectious and/or hazardous materials?
- What is the difference between the concept of "chemically clean" (disinfected) and the concept of "biologically clean" (sterile)?