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40 <br />DAMERON HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION <br />S2S WEST ACACIA STREET <br />STOCKTON. CALIFORNIA <br />•S2g3 <br />Infection Control Committee <br />Policy/Procedure <br />Sharps Disposal <br />Sharps will be disposed -of in a manner as to <br />prevent injury to the health care worker. <br />II. Procedure <br />A. Sharps will be placed directly into the nearest <br />sharps container immediately after use. Sharps <br />.,containers are predominately the Sharpsgard type; <br />the "red jugs" are in use in some areas. <br />1. Contaminated needles and syringes should be <br />placed intact into the container without <br />recapping, bending, breaking, clipping or <br />otherwise manipulating the needle. <br />2. Other disposable sharp instruments (sca,lpel <br />blades, etc.) will also be placed directly <br />into the nearest sharps container. <br />3. The hub remover on the Sharpsgard module is <br />to be used to separate needles from vacutainers, <br />with the needles dropping directly into the <br />container. <br />B. Contaminated sharps will be disposed of as infectious <br />waste. <br />1. The Sharpsgard modules will be checked by House- <br />keeping on a daily basis. The liners will be <br />replaced when full (as needed daily and on call). <br />2. When the "red jugs" are full, they will be <br />closed and disposed of as infectious waste. <br />I <br />D. Eibl ing, M.D. <br />Chairperson <br />Infection Control Committee <br />DE.js <br />10/86 <br />