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5335 8th Street
Zephyrhills, FL 33542
813-780-0000
Fax 813-780-0005
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public works Medical Sharps Safe Disposal
Yes, there are sharps disposal locations at both Since sharps must be rendered non-recognizable prior to disposal all sharps are shipped off-site to an approved medical waste treatment facility on a weekly basis. The sharps container must be red in color and display the International Biohazard Symbol or one of the following phrases:
* Medical Waste All sharps must be packaged in an approved sharps container. We are unable to accept sharps that are in plastic milk containers, cardboard boxes or other types of unapproved containers. The Scientific Supply Store in Saunders Laboratories The generator must ensure that the container is properly sealed and labeled. If the container is not properly sealed, or there is any doubt about the integrity of the sharps container it will not be accepted for disposal. Sharps containers should not be used for the disposal of aluminum drink cans, paper, gloves, laboratory glass, culture tubes, bodily fluids or any other similar types of materials. Sharps containers shall not be used for the disposal of chemicals or radioactive materials. Sharps containers should only be used for sharps. If the sharps have been exposed to human disease agents they must be autoclaved prior to being picked up by Safety and Environmental Health. Glassware
Glassware exposed to a human infectious agent must be managed as a sharp until it has been autoclaved. This includes pipettes, capillary tubes, test tubes, stir rods, and other laboratory equipment. All glassware that has been exposed to human infectious agents must be autoclaved prior to disposal. After the glassware has been autoclaved it can be thrown in the trash.Glassware that has not been exposed to a human disease agent is not regulated as a sharp.
Broken glassware should be placed into a container designed for such materials and either recycled or disposed. Currently, there is no locally available market for Pyrex glass so it should be disposed of as solid waste. At a minimum, broken
* Infectious Infectious Waste Biohazardous
carries a selection of various size sharps containers and they are available from most general scientific supply companies.
glassware should be disposed of in small double lined cardboard boxes and clearly labeled as broken glassware. Small double lined boxes minimize the potential for injury and excessive accumulation in the laboratory.
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