Sharps container collection and waste disposal services using specialised equipment for the safe disposal of hazardous wastes
Sharps means syringes, needles, blades, glass instruments and containers, and other items that can penetrate or lacerate your skin and cause infections. Medical waste usually contains sharp objects such as syringes, needles, scalpels, surgical instruments, cutters, scissors, etc. that can inflict injury if not handled properly. Other objects that may require specialised treatment include lancets, auto-injector connection sets, and fingerstick devices. Aside from posing a risk to patients and healthcare workers, these hazardous wastes containing sharps can pierce or lacerate the skin producing injury, increasing the chances of infection. Before sharps such as needles are discarded, these should be properly disinfected. Used medical wastes and sharp objects often contain contaminated body fluids and need professional-level sharps container collection services that can properly treat these wastes with chemicals or other methods to make them harmless before safely disposing of. Addit...