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Handling
Sharps Safely
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Do segregate sharps by type of contamination.
(See Section 2 above.)
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Do not dispose of loose sharps or
sharps containers in the common trash. Doing so may
injure the trash collector.
- Do
not recap hypodermic needles. Place syringe
and attached hypodermic needle unit in a sharps container.
If a special procedure requires recapping, contact
EH&S.
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Do not shear, clip or bend needles.
Do not use needle clipping devices such as the Destruclip®.
- Do
not overfill sharps containers.
- Do
not reopen closed sharps containers.
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