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Hi. I did a search and saw one thread but it didn't help me greatly. I am not diabetic but felt this would be the best forum to ask. What is the best way to dispose of an actual sharps container?
I take a medication weekly that is given by needle. No one seems to be able to tell me how to dispose of the actual container once full, and it is now full.
I live in Virginia and there do not seem to be any guidelines. I kknow drs offices have people that come and pick these things up at a cost.
Ask at your pharmacy.
Also, our local fire depts take them. They even supply us with the container for free. So maybe ask if they do this in your area. Otherwise check the pharmacy because they get these questions all the time. Also your doctor's office might know.
It really depends. I was told to bent the needle tip OR put the cap back on and store in glass jar with a metal lid and the label off. Screw the lid on tight. And then put in our recycle bin when it was full.
That was bout 8 years ago when I giving insulin to our cat.
Well I have an actual sharps container and the needles have tops on them. My pharmacy does not take them and my drs office told me to call the company that makes my medication. I'm thinking of wrapping it in duck tape and tossing it. What a pain in the butt but I require this medication for my ra.
Hubby bought a Sharps container at Walgreens that actually has a free return shipping label enclosed ( and an extra box to put container in) that you can send the full container back to the company for disposal...can't remember the price..but don't think it was that expensive....
Hi. I did a search and saw one thread but it didn't help me greatly. I am not diabetic but felt this would be the best forum to ask. What is the best way to dispose of an actual sharps container?
I take a medication weekly that is given by needle. No one seems to be able to tell me how to dispose of the actual container once full, and it is now full.
I live in Virginia and there do not seem to be any guidelines. I kknow drs offices have people that come and pick these things up at a cost.
What do you do with your container once full?
TIA
Ask your pharmacists or Doctor where to dispose of those items or if they will dispose of them for you.
OOPS.........I just saw your last post so disregard this one. sorry about that.
I work with the professor, author, of the article referenced below. I was checking the Sacramento waste disposal website regarding something else, and noticed his name and the seeming concern about sharps disposal (you know California!). So next time I saw him at the office and asked him about this, letting him know that his article was referenced (in part) regarding sharps disposal. He told me that his study was about needle sticks in the workplace and that they didn't find significant disposal needle stick incidences. He was surprised that his article was used in the disposal connection. And, since my husband works in construction, and so we're aware of disposal of nails, glass, sheet metal, splintered wood, many other sharp items - likely in much more volume too, I mentioned they seemed more likely a problem than needle disposal, most of which are likely recapped at disposal.
Anyway, just wanted to share - he was a BIT surprised that the article was referenced that way, since waste disposal needle sticks didn't seem a significant part of his findings.
I would recap and toss, unless your waste disposal offers some other advice.
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