The information on this page is intended for use by consumers, including patients, family members, and home health caregivers to address disposal of used needles and other sharps used at home, at work, and when traveling. This page is not for health care facilities.
For information on sharps disposal at health care facilities or disposal of regulated medical waste by health care personnel outside of health care facilities, see Sharps Disposal Containers in Health Care Facilities.
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The FDA recommends that used needles and other sharps be immediately placed in FDA-cleared sharps disposal containers. FDA-cleared sharps disposal containers are generally available through pharmacies, medical supply companies, health care providers, and online.
The FDA has evaluated the safety and effectiveness of these containers and has cleared them for use by health care professionals and the public to help reduce the risk of injury and infections from sharps.
A list of products and companies with FDA-cleared sharps disposal containers can be found here. Although the products on this list have received FDA clearance, all products may not be currently available on the market.
Brevard County offers an approved method for the safe disposal of sharps generated by people who inject medication at home. All residents who administer medication in this manner should participate in this program for the safety of all citizens and visitors to Brevard County.
Disposing of sharps (including needles and lancets) in the trash or sewer is prohibited by law. Sharps containers are required for proper disposal of sharps and are available from collection sites and pharmacies throughout Brevard County.
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*The California Department of Public Health regulates medical waste. While CalRecycle lists sites here for convenience, you should contact your local enforcement agency to find home-generated sharps collection locations in your area or to correct their listings.
Mail-Back Service. Many sharps manufacturers offer mail-back services for their products, contact them directly for disposal options. You can find many sharps manufacturers have already provided CalRecycle with their Disposal Plan and options.
State law (H&SC 118286) makes it illegal to dispose of home-generated sharps waste (hypodermic needles, pen needles, intravenous needles, lancets, and other devices that are used to penetrate the skin for the delivery of medications) in the trash or recycling containers, and requires that all sharps waste be transported to a collection center in a sharps container approved by the local enforcement agency.
Disposable container designed for the collection of sharps waste. Counterbalanced, rotating cylinder lid for horizontal disposal. Can be wall mounted or used on countertop. Side entry disposal. This product is available as single containers or as cases of 20 containers. *This product is the same as the 305444 clear container, just in red
Disposable container designed for the collection of sharps waste. Wall mountable container with counterbalanced, rotating cylinder lid. This product is available as single containers or as cases of 20 containers. Same product as the 305426.
Oregon DEQ defines SHARPS as "Needles, IV tubing with needles attached, scalpel blades, lancets, glass tubes and syringes out of their original sterile containers." Oregon DEQ also requires Incineration or Sterilization of SHARPS waste and this waste cannot be put in your trash! Oregon State law mandates proper storage and disposal of used sharps. Sharps include needles, lancets, and syringes. Sharps must be stored in approved bio-hazard containers (milk jugs and coffee cans are not safe or acceptable for sharps storage).
The improper disposal of medical sharps may present serious safety and public health risks, especially to solid waste and recycling workers. Any person who is accidentally stuck should undergo medical testing due to concerns about exposure to harmful or deadly diseases such as Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV. Under Kansas law, if you use medical sharps such as needles, syringes, and lancets at home or in certain other settings, you may dispose of such items with other trash but only in accordance with the precautions provided on this page.
In Kansas, it is currently legal to place sharps in a sealed puncture resistant bottle that is disposed of in household trash or municipal solid waste generated at any location that is not a regulated health care provider. Special rigid sharps containers can be purchased from pharmacies and other medical supply companies that are suitable for disposal with other trash.
The disposal of loose sharps in the trash or with recyclables puts family members, trash haulers, recyclers, and landfill employees in danger of infection and other injuries. Do your part to keep them safe.
For more information on the safe disposal of medical sharps, email Jeff Walker or call 785-291-3764. If the disposal information you are looking for does not classify as being one of the categories listed, email Joel Billinger or call 785-296-6724.
This page includes annual reports about sharps injuries among Massachusetts hospital workers and special topic reports on sharps injuries among trainees and in operating rooms, as well as peer-reviewed articles.
Sharps injury: An injury that pierces the skin or mucous membranes involving a sharps device that was or may have been used on another person. An injury with a clean sharps device (before use) through contaminated gloves or other contaminated medium also counts as a reportable sharps injury.
In addition to at-home needle users, our sharps disposal service is ideal for tattoo and piercing shops, home care providers, nursing homes, small medical facilities, doctors' offices, veterinary clinics, and dentists.The safe collection, transportation and disposal of medical sharps are critical steps to reduce risks and possible injuries to your staff. Our reliable solutions are designed to comply with applicable local, state and federal regulations for proper disposal of your sharps and needles.Together we can keep our homes, businesses and communities safe.
Following are some programs that will send you special containers and packaging, dispose of them properly, and send you a new empty set to refill. Please note that these programs will only accept sharps disposal containers that they send to you.
Must have a state registered biohazardous medical waste transporter pick up sharps and take them to a biohazardous medical waste treatment facility View Biohazardous Medical Waste Transporters List > 2ff7e9595c
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