Medical Waste Collection for Used Sharps

Medical waste collection is an important part of managing all kinds of infectious and hazardous waste generated by health care facilities and medical research labs. One category of biomedical waste, however, requires special attention for its ability to injure and infect a person handling it and that is sharps waste.

Sharps waste includes items used by health care personnel when they need to puncture or lacerate the patient’s skin. These items include used and discarded needles, syringes, lancets, scalpel blades, razor blades, glass pipettes as well as any other item made of breakable glass that has been contaminated by blood, blood products, or some other bodily fluids from humans or animals. Because these items are not only injurious but can also be infectious, they require very careful medical waste collection.

Use Solid-Wall Containers for Sharps Medical Disposal

Sharps must be collected in special, solid-wall containers, called sharps containers, immediately after their use. They should not be left lying around!

Sharps containers need to be made of some material that is resistant to piercing, puncturing, bending or breaking and also constructed in such a way that it does not leak at the bottom. These containers should also have a lid for easier disposal of sharps waste inside, but to also ensure that the container does not open in transport and allow the contents to spill outside.

Another requirement when it comes to using sharps containers is to always visibly label each container with the biohazard symbol, what items does it contain, facility it comes from and date and time it was filled. These labels, especially the biohazard symbol, are there to minimize the risk of injury or infection for anyone responsible for handling the sharps container, whether this is one of the hospital staff, or a worker in a medical waste disposal company hired for removing the container and destroying its contents.

What can’t be Used as a Sharps Container?

Only containers that are resistant to puncturing and are leak-proof should be used as sharps containers. Cardboard boxes and repurposed food and beverage containers, detergent and bleach bottles and similar household items are not suitable for storing sharps waste.

Health care facilities typically order sharps containers from medical waste management companies that they contract to pickup their medical waste. Depending on the hospital’s needs, they can purchase small containers of about 1 to 1.5 quarts, 1 to 5 gallon sharps containers, 5-10 gallon ones or large sharps containers of up to 30+ gallons.

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19:13 28 Oct 19

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