Mercury and Amalgam Containment - Dental Facilities Question Title * 1. Have you discontinued the use of bulk elemental mercury? Yes No Question Title * 2. Have you sent any bulk elemental mercury from the office to a recycling facility? Yes No Question Title * 3. Do you use the proper size pre-encapsulated amalgam and stock a variety of capsule sizes to minimize waste? Yes No Question Title * 4. Do you use chair side traps and vacuum pump filters to collect amalgam? Yes No Question Title * 5. Do you dispose of mercury amalgam collected from chair side traps and vacuum separators through recycling or as a hazardous waste? Yes No Question Title * 6. Do you properly dispose of amalgam capsules, waste and extracted teeth containing amalgam as hazardous waste? Yes No Question Title * 7. Do you use reusable traps or amalgam filtering devices? Yes No Question Title * 8. Do you store amalgam waste in containers properly labeled for recycling? Yes No Question Title * 9. Do you dispose of potential mercury containing chemicals such as photo and x-ray chemicals, sterilants or disinfectants down the drain? Yes No Question Title * 10. Do you use an amalgam separator that complies with ISO 11143 and is at least 95% efficient? Yes No Question Title * 11. Do you follow the manufacturer's recommendations for operation, filter replacement, cleaning and maintenance of your amalgam separator? Yes No N/A Question Title * 12. Do you use non-bleach, non-chlorine containing line cleaners to minimize amalgam dissolution to flush drain lines? Yes No N/A Next