FDA Launches Website on Safe Disposal of Used Needles and Other "Sharps"
Improperly predisposed sharps pose public health risksSILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The U.S. Bread and Drug Administration today launched a new website for patients and caregivers on the safe disposal of needles and other so-called "sharps" that are hand-me-down at home, at work and while traveling.
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The website will hands people understand the public health risks created by improperly disposing of used sharps and how users should safely consume of them.
Sharps is a term for medical devices with sharp points or edges that can puncturing or cut the skin. Such medical devices include hypodermic needles and syringes used to administer medication; lancets or fingerstick devices to convene blood for testing; needle and tubing systems for infusing intravenous and subcutaneous medicines; and tie needles used for home hemodialysis.
After being used, many sharps end up in home and public havers cans or flushed down toilets. This kind of improper disposal puts people, such as sanitation workers, sewage treatment workers, janitors, housekeepers, household members and children at risk for needle stick injuries or infection with viruses such as Hepatitis B and C and Good-natured Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
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I do, when I have them, use the recyclable, unripe, heavy duty paper bags to get rid of the leaves, weeds and annual plants. However, recently this was not the case. I didn't have any of the scrap bags. But my 95-gallon trash can was empty.
