Things you should know about Sharps Disposal

There is a very strong requirement to dispose used sharps, syringes, and needles. This requirement for a special system of sharps disposal arises from the damage caused through injury from a used needle. The stakes include contracting blood related viruses like Hepatitis B and C and HIV from polluted blood on needles. 

The Health and Safety Regulations (HSE) 2013, state that all the employers should be under health and safety law to make sure that the stakes from sharps injuries are necessary under existing health and safety law to make sure that stakes from sharps injuries are properly assessed and ideal control measures are in position. The Sharps Regulations are developed on the present law and offer precise detail on the necessities that should be taken by healthcare staffs and their contractors during the biohazard waste disposal process.

The duties of the employers in Sharps disposal is only applicable if you are either an employer whose basic work activity is management, provision or organization of healthcare, or any contractor working on behalf of your health care employer to avoid any kind of sharps related injury in the workplace. Nonetheless, the duties of a contractor are only applicable to the extent of work related to medical sharps. 

There are different kinds of healthcare amenities that may be placed next to the healthcare worker so they can drop the used sharp into it. For instance, this can be accomplished by putting the sharps container on the dispensing trolley. It is important to have one in every consultation room. Sharps disposal bins are found in vibrant colors so that they can be easily recognized and used properly.