Using safety devices, wearing gloves ... You may be at risk of a needlestick injury if you use sharps or work with people who use sharps, or if you handle sharps during disposal.

This Environmental Health & Safety guideline documentation is intended for researchers and laboratory personnel. This guidance document provides instruction on segregation and disposal of metal sharps ...

I t’s important to manage and dispose of sharps (needles, lancets, and syringes) safely to prevent injury and disease transmission from needle-sticks. Because of the increased need for safe ...

Risk to healthcare workers. HSE. Health and Safety (Sharps Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013. CDC. Exposure to Blood: What Healthcare Personnel Need to Know, July 2003. Canadian Paediatric ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The Macon County Health Department has installed a new sharps disposal drop box. The sharps disposal ...

Used sharps, including hypodermic needles for medical injections ... Scott-Harmon said she worries for the safety of students, faculty and visitors alike, and she wants sharps disposal to be more ...

The Macon County Health Department has installed a brand-new sharps disposal drop box. On Monday, the health department announced that the new disposal box can be found outside their main entrance at ...