Sharps disposal: difference between revisions
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| 76 | National colour coding encodes the treatment route rather than the hazard. The English scheme, set out in Health Technical Memorandum 07-01 and adopted widely in the United Kingdom, is representative: | 76 | National colour coding encodes the treatment route rather than the hazard. The English scheme, set out in Health Technical Memorandum 07-01 and adopted widely in the United Kingdom, is representative: |
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| + | 78 | |+ Sharps container colour coding, Health Technical Memorandum 07-01 | |
| + | 79 | | !Lid colour | Contents | Treatment route | | |
| + | 80 | |---|---|---| | |
| + | 81 | | Orange | Sharps not contaminated with medicinal products | Treatment permitted before disposal | | |
| + | 82 | | Yellow | Sharps contaminated with medicinal products other than cytotoxic or cytostatic | Incineration | | |
| + | 83 | | Purple | Sharps contaminated with cytotoxic or cytostatic medicinal products | Incineration at a permitted facility | | |
| + | 84 | | Blue | Medicinal waste other than sharps | Incineration | | |
| + | 85 | | Red | Anatomical waste | Incineration | | |
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| 78 | === Fill limits and their rationale === | 87 | === Fill limits and their rationale === |
| 79 | The three-quarters fill convention exists to preserve headroom, so that a sharp can be dropped in without contact with the contents and so that the container closes without compression. Injury reports associated with overfilled containers describe two mechanisms: contact with protruding sharps at the aperture, and puncture through the container wall when a full container is compressed during closure or transport.{{r|epinet,iso23907}} | 88 | The three-quarters fill convention exists to preserve headroom, so that a sharp can be dropped in without contact with the contents and so that the container closes without compression. Injury reports associated with overfilled containers describe two mechanisms: contact with protruding sharps at the aperture, and puncture through the container wall when a full container is compressed during closure or transport.{{r|epinet,iso23907}} |