One of the most harmful forms of clinical waste is that of sharps and in order to limit the risk of harm in any way then you will have to consider the Safe Disposal Of Sharps and the best way that you can dispose of them. Sharps are not limited to hospitals, any form of work that involves needles or sharps will be encompassed in the groups that need to know how they should safely be disposing of sharps waste. This includes places such as dentists, tattoo parlours and clinics that use a number of injection style fillers. There should never be any excuse for leaving any sharps waste lying around, they should always be disposed of quickly and safely.
Needles are the most common form of sharps, but sharps waste is not limited to needles only, there is a short list of items that would fit in to being suitable for sharps waste. As anyone could guess there is no way that a sharps disposal could be put into anything other than a purposely designed container. If a sharps material was placed into a regular clinical waste bag, there is a high chance that it could pierce or puncture through the bag. If this happens, due to the size of the needles or sharps, it is not always clear to see and then the person that picks up the bag to tie and dispose of it will be opened to the risk of being contaminated by a used sharp and that could lead to serious harm or injury. It may seem like a simple thing but always remember that sharps waste must never go into a plastic bag it should always be disposed of much more safely than that.
When it comes to sharps waste there are containers that are made and specifically designed to house sharps to prevent them from being dangerous and causing harm to others. Sharps containers or bins allow for the sharps to be inserted into it once it has been used and the idea of the container and the reason why it is so safe to use is that once the sharps object has been out into the container there is no way that it can be taken back out. The sharps is safe and secure inside the box, so as with the bag where it could puncture and protrude this would never be the case with the specifically designed sharps container. The material of the box is very sturdy and well made and so the level of risk will be minimal once the used sharp has been placed inside the sharps disposal container. This is also true through to its incineration, a professional company when making their regular clinical waste disposal collections will be able to pick up the clinical waste with peace of mind knowing that all objects that could cause harm have been stored away properly and there is no risk of injury to them.
