Re: Sharps

[Franciska Ferreira]

Hi All,

I just would like to clarify something please, the little retractable lancets (we use to prick the skin for blood when checking blood sugar level) is classified as a sharp. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’ve always discard them in a sharps container, they didn’t use to be retractable and I’ve come across faulty ones.

I know, something like this should be the obvious, write? This question came about after someone told me that they discard it in a general bin?? (the retractable ones)

Kind Regards

Franciska Ferreira
INFECTION PREVENTION & CONTROL /WOUND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT
Burnside War Memorial Hospital
120 Kensington Road, Toorak Gardens, SA 5056
t: 08 8202 7222 f: 08 8407 8573 e: fferreira@burnsidehospital.asn.au

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[Terry Grimmond]

Hi Franciska,
It is pretty well accepted internationally that ALL sharps, whether safety engineered devices or not, must be discarded into a sharps container, for the very reason you stated (in USA OSHA have ruled on this). This would include retractable lancets.

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Hi All,

I just would like to clarify something please, the little retractable lancets (we use to prick the skin for blood when checking blood sugar level) is classified as a sharp. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’ve always discard them in a sharps container, they didn’t use to be retractable and I’ve come across faulty ones.

I know, something like this should be the obvious, write? This question came about after someone told me that they discard it in a general bin?? (the retractable ones)

Kind Regards

Franciska Ferreira
INFECTION PREVENTION & CONTROL /WOUND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT
Burnside War Memorial Hospital
120 Kensington Road, Toorak Gardens, SA 5056
t: 08 8202 7222 f: 08 8407 8573 e: fferreira@burnsidehospital.asn.au

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[Michael Wishart]

H Fran

I would consider safety devices that have been activated as a sharp, but the actual agreed disposal method should be dependent upon your waste contractor arrangement. If your general waste goes to a landfill that will accept devices that have been rendered safe, and no compacting of the waste could rupture the safety containment device and thus expose the sharp again, then you could dispose of these items in general waste.

My preference from a facility policy level has always been to treat all sharps, even those safely activated and shielded, as sharps waste (or clinical waste as a minimum, as generally clinical waste is not compacted and is all sent for incineration. But your state waste management legislation may allow disposal of safety sharps like the encased lancets as general waste. In Queensland, for example, this is a local government decision for the landfill sites in under their control (or private contractors, for private landfill).

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Michael

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Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital
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Hi All,

I just would like to clarify something please, the little retractable lancets (we use to prick the skin for blood when checking blood sugar level) is classified as a sharp. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’ve always discard them in a sharps container, they didn’t use to be retractable and I’ve come across faulty ones.

I know, something like this should be the obvious, write? This question came about after someone told me that they discard it in a general bin?? (the retractable ones)

Kind Regards

Franciska Ferreira
INFECTION PREVENTION & CONTROL /WOUND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT
Burnside War Memorial Hospital
120 Kensington Road, Toorak Gardens, SA 5056
t: 08 8202 7222 f: 08 8407 8573 e: fferreira@burnsidehospital.asn.au

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