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Sharps In California

Sharps In California. Amounts of Sharps Collected 2006-07. Who Has Responsibility Over Sharps in CA?. CA Dept. of Public Health-Enforcement California Integrated Waste Management Board-Working to Keep Sharps from Being Disposed in the Trash or Recycling Bins. SB 1305-New Legislation.

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Sharps In California

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  1. Sharps In California

  2. Amounts of Sharps Collected 2006-07

  3. Who Has Responsibility Over Sharps in CA? • CA Dept. of Public Health-Enforcement • California Integrated Waste Management Board-Working to Keep Sharps from Being Disposed in the Trash or Recycling Bins

  4. SB 1305-New Legislation Home-generated sharps are not Medical Waste Creates Prohibitions for Disposal of Home Generated Sharps Creates Container Requirements for Sharps Waste Creates Management & Disposal Requirements for Home-Generated Sharps Waste-Where to Dispose of Sharps

  5. Disposal Options for Home-Generated Sharps Waste • Household hazardous waste facility • “Home generated sharps consolidation point” • Medical waste generator facility • Approved Facility using a Medical Waste Mail-back Container

  6. Consolidation Point • Consolidation Point Authorization is provided to facilities that accept home generated sharps containers from the public or clients

  7. Electronic Resources • http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/HHW/Sharps/default.htm • Listserv http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Listservs/ListSubscribe.asp?LID=73 • Jim Cropper-(916)341-6595 jcropper@ciwmb.ca.gov

  8. What is on the Web Page?http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/HHW/Sharps/default.htm • Law • Disposal Options • Summary of Local Jurisdiction’s Collection Programs • Survey - Self-Injectors, Home Health Care Providers, & Hospice Care Providers • Stakeholder Meeting Notes and Presentations • Listserv • Under Construction-Searchable Database

  9. What is CA Doing? • Outreach Materials-Mailer Requesting Pharmacies to Become Consolidation Pts. • Working With Diabetes Educators to Teach Proper Disposal of Sharps • Providing Brochures and Posters to Pharmacies and Doctors • Providing Options to Local Governments and Sharing Information • Local Ordinance in One County-Requires All Sellers of Sharps to Provide for the Collection of Sharps.

  10. Questions?

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