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Managing household needles and syringes Managing household needles and syringes Used household needles, lancets, and syringes (collectively called sharps) that are not properly managed can injure or spread disease to family members, waste handlers, and the public Households can properly manage their sharps by safely storing and properly disposing of them, or alternatively by destroying them at home using specialized devices
Massachusetts Sharps Disposal Fact Sheet Massachusetts Sharps Disposal Fact Sheet Each year, approximately 9 million sharps users—or people who use needles, syringes, lancets, auto injectors, injection pens, infusion sets, or connection needles sets to receive medication—will administer at least 3 billion injections outside of healthcare facilities People use sharps to manage a wide variety of conditions, including: allergies
Protecting Yourself When Handling Contaminated Sharps Protecting Yourself When Handling Contaminated Sharps Sharps are objects that can penetrate a worker’s skin, such as needles, scalpels, broken glass, capillary tubes and the exposed ends of dental wires If blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM), as defined in the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens standard (29 CFR 1910 1030), are present or may be present on the sharp, it is a
What Does and Does Not Go in a Sharps Container What Does and Does Not Go in a Sharps Container The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) defines contaminated sharps as contaminated objects that can penetrate the skin, including, but not limited to, needles, scalpels, broken glass, broken capillary tubes, and exposed ends of dental wires To prevent sharps injuries, healthcare facilities must ensure sharps are being placed in
sharps_VUG_master_FR_04112 - City of Chicago Sharps container with Sharps container with vertical drop slot horizontal drop slot In some areas it is illegal to dispose of sharps in the trash Please follow your community guidelines Report problems associated with sharps and sharps disposal containers to the FDA (800-FDA-1088)
Syringes: Where to get them. . . How to dispose of them. . . Safe, Legal and Free Disposal of Sharps It is illegal in Seattle to dispose of used needles (sharps), or syringes with needles attached, in your regular garbage can or recycling containers