Sharps disposal: difference between revisions

Diff·revision 22 → 23·23:50, 6 Jun 2026

Difference between revision 22 and revision 23 of Sharps disposal. 7 lines changed; the page grew by 1,227 bytes.

Revision 22 — 18:29, 5 Jun 2026 UnitsUrsula (talk) ce per MOS 13,109 bytes +557	Revision 23 — 23:50, 6 Jun 2026 StubSorterBot (talk) bot: expand DOI to full citation 14,336 bytes +1,227
90	The fill line is a marked feature under ISO 23907-1, which makes overfilling an observable rather than a judgement-based failure. Guidance therefore treats reaching the line as the trigger for closure regardless of elapsed time, and separately imposes a maximum period a container may remain open — commonly three months in United Kingdom practice — to limit the interval over which contents accumulate.{{r\|htm0701}}	90	The fill line is a marked feature under ISO 23907-1, which makes overfilling an observable rather than a judgement-based failure. Guidance therefore treats reaching the line as the trigger for closure regardless of elapsed time, and separately imposes a maximum period a container may remain open — commonly three months in United Kingdom practice — to limit the interval over which contents accumulate.{{r\|htm0701}}
91		91
+		92	== Transport and treatment ==
+		93	Once closed, a sharps container enters a regulated transport stream. Under the United Nations model regulations for the transport of dangerous goods, clinical waste of this kind is assigned to UN 3291, ''clinical waste, unspecified, n.o.s.'', in Class 6.2 (infectious substances), with packaging requirements that a compliant sharps container is designed to satisfy as an inner or single packaging within an outer container.{{r\|un_tdg}}
+		94
+		95	Treatment routes are incineration, steam sterilisation followed by mechanical destruction, or chemical disinfection with maceration. The choice is constrained by the contents: where a container may hold cytotoxic or cytostatic residues, high-temperature incineration is generally required, because autoclaving destroys pathogens but not pharmaceutical molecules. This is the practical reason the colour coding exists, and the reason mixing streams is treated as a compliance failure rather than a housekeeping one.{{r\|htm0701}}
+		96
92	== References ==	97	== References ==
93	{{reflist}}	98	{{reflist}}
⋮		⋮
100	<ref name="elder2006">Elder A, Paterson C. "Sharps injuries in UK health care: a review of injury rates, viral transmission and potential efficacy of safety devices." ''Occupational Medicine'' 56(8):566–574 (2006).</ref>	105	<ref name="elder2006">Elder A, Paterson C. "Sharps injuries in UK health care: a review of injury rates, viral transmission and potential efficacy of safety devices." ''Occupational Medicine'' 56(8):566–574 (2006).</ref>
101	<ref name="epinet">International Safety Center. ''EPINet Sharps Injury and Blood and Body Fluid Exposure Surveillance Report'' (annual series).</ref>	106	<ref name="epinet">International Safety Center. ''EPINet Sharps Injury and Blood and Body Fluid Exposure Surveillance Report'' (annual series).</ref>
+		107	<ref name="un_tdg">United Nations. ''Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: Model Regulations'', current revision — entry UN 3291, clinical waste, unspecified, n.o.s., Class 6.2.</ref>
102	<ref name="fda_sharps">US Food and Drug Administration. "Safely Using Sharps (Needles and Syringes) at Home, at Work and on Travel" — consumer and device guidance, current revision.</ref>	108	<ref name="fda_sharps">US Food and Drug Administration. "Safely Using Sharps (Needles and Syringes) at Home, at Work and on Travel" — consumer and device guidance, current revision.</ref>
103		109
⋮		⋮
107	* [[Syringe dead space]]	113	* [[Syringe dead space]]
108	* [[Injection site rotation]]	114	* [[Injection site rotation]]
+		115	* [[Peptide harm reduction]]
109		116
110	{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharps disposal}}	117	{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharps disposal}}