[IPk] Re: sharps disposal

[email @ redacted]

Hi..
Yes, I used to do this for yrs and yrs (apart from when I was young and my 
mum and dad had a coal fire..we burned everything then)! But a couple of yrs 
ago they stopped supplying sharps bins..apparently no longer funded by the 
health authority. Asked at the chemist, they supplied one then wouldn't 
supply any more. I worked in health auth for a few yrs, so used the bins 
where I worked! Official policy here is to either clip the end, with a 
prescription clipper, or, in the case of lancets which cannot be clipped, put 
them in a sealed container (I use a fabric conditioner bottle) and then label 
it up securely as Used Sharps...for incineration..then (get this) put it in 
the bin?!!!! So, that is what I do...only following local authority advice!
It's not ideal, but what they say to do.
Helen
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