The Biology department has a permit to treat medical (and biohazardous) waste using autoclaves to sterilize these materials.
Training Requirements
The California Medical Waste Management Act (MWMA) requires training for operators of autoclaves, and other treatment technologies, to ensure their safe and effective use.
Personnel must complete autoclave operation and safety training to obtain and keep authorization to use the Biology autoclaves.
The autoclave training program is managed by the head of the Biology Instructional Services (BIS) Facility .
CY 2024 Update
Annual autoclave training was completed as required in CY 2024.
- Only those persons who completed the training have become authorized users of the autoclave.
- The list of users is maintained by the head of the Biology Instructional Services (BIS) Facility .