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2. New medical sharps disposal container available for public - AOL

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   Jul. 8—Area residents now have a new way to dispose of used or unneeded needles and other sharps intended for medical use. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma installed a red sharps disposal box at ...

3. Sharps waste - Wikipedia

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   Sharps – like needles, syringes, lancets and other devices used at home to treat diabetes, arthritis, cancer, and other diseases – should be immediately disposed of after use. Sharps waste is a form of biomedical waste composed of used "sharps", which includes any device or object used to puncture or lacerate the skin.

4. Stericycle - Wikipedia

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   Stericycle was founded in 1989 by Dr. James Sharp based on his business plan to address the Syringe Tide, where hypodermic needles and other medical waste washed up to the shores of New York and New Jersey. The Syringe Tide led to the Medical Waste Tracking Act, signed in 1988, establishing regulated medical waste management as an industry. [10]

5. Drug disposal - Wikipedia

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   The best source of local advice will be the community pharmacy. [1] Pharmacies already handle drugs and will recommend what sort of disposal method is most appropriate. [1] Many pharmacies will collect drugs and dispose of them as a community service. [1] Some regions have special government services that offer to take back and dispose of drugs ...

6. Biomedical waste - Wikipedia

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   The Bio-medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998 and further amendments were passed for the regulation of bio-medical waste management. On 28 March 2016 Biomedical Waste Management Rules (BMW 2016) [15] were also notified by Central Govt. Each state's Pollution Control Board or Pollution control Committee will be responsible for ...

7. File:Sharps Disposal in Trash by US State Map.svg - Wikipedia

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