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my dog is diabetic and requires insulin twice daily. I use juice containers that have the screw on tops to store used syringes in. When I have a couple of full ones,I take them to my vets office. They gladly accept and dispose of them.
My pharmacy used to give me a red container and take it back when full.
Yes. They gave me a red container. When I took it in today I told them I needed another since this one was full and I still have more of the prescription left. They told me to empty it into another plastic container, seal it, and trash it. From looking online, that's acceptable. Seems odd, that's all.
The idea is to protect people who handle contaminated sharps from needle stick injuries. You can use any puncture resistant container. Liquid detergent bottles work nicely. When the container is full, add a little bleach, fill with water, and let it sit overnight. In the morning, empty the water out, seal the lid with tape, and put it in the trash.
Hazardous biological materials go in the regular trash everyday. Women with HIV put feminine hygiene products in the trash. Tons of flu virus soaked tissues go in the trash.
The problem with taking it to a drug store, hospital, or doctor's office is that they pay for hazardous waste disposal. That mostly is to discourage people from dumpster diving for needles and syringes. If large numbers of people bring their needles in, it gets expensive.
By the way, do not recap or try to remove needles, especially those used on someone besides yourself.
The idea is to protect people who handle contaminated sharps from needle stick injuries. You can use any puncture resistant container. Liquid detergent bottles work nicely. When the container is full, add a little bleach, fill with water, and let it sit overnight. In the morning, empty the water out, seal the lid with tape, and put it in the trash.
Hazardous biological materials go in the regular trash everyday. Women with HIV put feminine hygiene products in the trash. Tons of flu virus soaked tissues go in the trash.
But this is not the same as used needles.
The problem with taking it to a drug store, hospital, or doctor's office is that they pay for hazardous waste disposal. That mostly is to discourage people from dumpster diving for needles and syringes. If large numbers of people bring their needles in, it gets expensive.
They pay because they don't just put them in regular trash because it's unsafe
By the way, do not recap or try to remove needles, especially those used on someone besides yourself.
I cannot see how putting used needels in a detergent bottle in your trash can is safe. At least if it was in a proper sharps container it would be labelled as a biohazard and sharps, plus once the lid is closed you can't get it open again. Anyone who regularly uses needles at home should have a sharps disposal box and you can also get devices that incinerate the needles.
There should be a medicare code for needle disposal so that hsopitals can bill if they won't do it for free.
What do people pay medical insurance for if you can't get a sharps box and somewhere to take it when it's full
I cannot see how putting used needels in a detergent bottle in your trash can is safe. At least if it was in a proper sharps container it would be labelled as a biohazard and sharps, plus once the lid is closed you can't get it open again. Anyone who regularly uses needles at home should have a sharps disposal box and you can also get devices that incinerate the needles.
There should be a medicare code for needle disposal so that hsopitals can bill if they won't do it for free.
What do people pay medical insurance for if you can't get a sharps box and somewhere to take it when it's full
The Coalition for Safe Community Needle Disposal knows of no known community sponsored sharps disposal drop-off programs in the state of Georgia. The state currently allows patients to place used needles/pen needles, lancets (sharps) in a household container such as a laundry detergent bottle, bleach bottle or other opaque sturdy plastic container with a screw-top lid. When that container is full, you should place it in your regular garbage – not recycling.
Though this is still approved in Georgia it is the least desirable way to dispose of used sharps. Please read below for other options you may try before disposing of your container in the household trash.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have your sharps in a red sharps container, these containers are typically not permitted in the regular garbage because they are marked BIO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. Bio hazardous material is not allowed in the household garbage. In this case it’s the actual container that is not permitted – not the sharps.
You may want to ask a healthcare facility (doctor’s office, clinic, nursing home, hospital, fire station) if they would be willing to dispose of your container for you. These facilities are not required to take these containers from the public and often won’t because of the cost they incur to dispose of medical waste (they typically pay by poundage). But it may be worth a try."
Paying with insurance coverage would be expensive.
As far as sharps hazard is concerned, what do you do with broken glass or other items like debris with protruding nails? That goes to the landfill, too.
The Coalition for Safe Community Needle Disposal knows of no known community sponsored sharps disposal drop-off programs in the state of Georgia. The state currently allows patients to place used needles/pen needles, lancets (sharps) in a household container such as a laundry detergent bottle, bleach bottle or other opaque sturdy plastic container with a screw-top lid. When that container is full, you should place it in your regular garbage – not recycling.
Though this is still approved in Georgia it is the least desirable way to dispose of used sharps. Please read below for other options you may try before disposing of your container in the household trash.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have your sharps in a red sharps container, these containers are typically not permitted in the regular garbage because they are marked BIO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. Bio hazardous material is not allowed in the household garbage. In this case it’s the actual container that is not permitted – not the sharps.
You may want to ask a healthcare facility (doctor’s office, clinic, nursing home, hospital, fire station) if they would be willing to dispose of your container for you. These facilities are not required to take these containers from the public and often won’t because of the cost they incur to dispose of medical waste (they typically pay by poundage). But it may be worth a try."
Paying with insurance coverage would be expensive.
As far as sharps hazard is concerned, what do you do with broken glass or other items like debris with protruding nails? That goes to the landfill, too.
Yeah. At this point I'm not too concerned about it. I have an old detergent bottle. It still seems a little odd, but now that I know it's accepted I'm good with it.
The Coalition for Safe Community Needle Disposal knows of no known community sponsored sharps disposal drop-off programs in the state of Georgia. The state currently allows patients to place used needles/pen needles, lancets (sharps) in a household container such as a laundry detergent bottle, bleach bottle or other opaque sturdy plastic container with a screw-top lid. When that container is full, you should place it in your regular garbage – not recycling.
Though this is still approved in Georgia it is the least desirable way to dispose of used sharps. Please read below for other options you may try before disposing of your container in the household trash.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have your sharps in a red sharps container, these containers are typically not permitted in the regular garbage because they are marked BIO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. Bio hazardous material is not allowed in the household garbage. In this case it’s the actual container that is not permitted – not the sharps.
You may want to ask a healthcare facility (doctor’s office, clinic, nursing home, hospital, fire station) if they would be willing to dispose of your container for you. These facilities are not required to take these containers from the public and often won’t because of the cost they incur to dispose of medical waste (they typically pay by poundage). But it may be worth a try."
Paying with insurance coverage would be expensive.
As far as sharps hazard is concerned, what do you do with broken glass or other items like debris with protruding nails? That goes to the landfill, too.
This is rubbish-literally.
Bio hazardous material isn't allowed in household garbage if it's safely labelled as such ie in a sharps container BUT
you can put your used needles in container labelled bleach and put them in the household garbage.
Broken glass and items with protruding nails aren't biohazards ie they haven't been contaminated with blood. Plus , people don't usually use them to inject IV drugs into themselves.
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