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Standard Operating Procedure for the Disposal of Sharp Objects in Laboratories

Standard Operating Procedure for the Disposal of Sharp Objects in Laboratories. Purposes of proper disposal of sharp objects. Prevent personal injury Prevent contamination of personnel or the enviornment

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Standard Operating Procedure for the Disposal of Sharp Objects in Laboratories

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  1. Standard Operating Procedure for the Disposal of Sharp Objects in Laboratories

  2. Purposes of proper disposal of sharp objects • Prevent personal injury • Prevent contamination of personnel or the enviornment • Ensure proper containment of laboratory and infectious waste during collection, transfer, and disposal All sharps MUST BE collected and disposed in a sharps container, except for non- contaminated lab glassware and pipettes which may be disposed in a laboratory glassware disposal box.

  3. What are sharps? • Needles, syringes, tubing • Blades (scalpels, razors) • Sharp dental wires and appliances • Microscope slides and covers • Glass capillary tubes • Pasteur Pippetes • Laboratory glassware or plastic pipette tips contaminated with an infectious agent • ‘Plasticware’ made from plastic polymers which shatter on breakage (culture flasks, petri dishes)

  4. Sharps containers Construction requirements • Rigid • Non-breakable and puncture resistant • Impervious to moisture and leak proof • Have a self-closing lid • Red in color with a universal biohazard label Labellingrequirements Chemically contaminated Biohazardous Radioactive materials contaminated

  5. Collection Sharps containers MUST BE: - stored near where the waste is generated and segregated from other waste Sharps containers MUST NOT: - be filled greater than 2/3 full - be discarded in the regular trash - contain free liquids, such as full culture tubes or filled syringes

  6. Disposal • Biological Hazards: • Dispose of in a red, infectious waste sharps container marked with a biohazard symbol. • Deactivate any infectious agents usually with 1:10 bleach, prior to placement in the sharps container. • Hazardous Chemicals: • Transfer to EHS for disposal as hazardous waste. • Lab glassware can be triple rinsed and disposed as non-contaminated glassware. • Radioactive Materials: • Sharps must be placed in a sharps container marked with the radioactive materials label. • Whenno more than 2/3 full, deface the biohazard and radioactive materials labels and place the closed container in the appropriate dry radioactive waste container. • Transfer to EHS for disposal as dry radioactive waste. Lab glassware may be decontaminated and disposed as non-contaminated glassware if monitoring confirms decontamination was successful.

  7. http://www.ehrs.upenn.edu/media_files/docs/pdf/sharpsdisposalsop8-31-2012.pdfhttp://www.ehrs.upenn.edu/media_files/docs/pdf/sharpsdisposalsop8-31-2012.pdf

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