As an infection preventionist in healthcare today, one of our biggest challenges is appropriately managing Clostridium Difficile – a colitis-causing bacteria that affects almost a half-million people ...

Researchers sampled 197 reusable sharps containers for C. diff at processing facilities. The containers had high C. diff densities to allow researchers to investigate the efficacy of automated ...

In an April 18, 2008, Letter of Interpretation posted to OSHA's Web site Dec. 4, the agency addresses the placement of sharps containers in facilities and the requirement to ensure they are maintained ...

We have expired EpiPens in our house. What is the correct way to dispose of them? They are still in the auto injector and the needle has not been used. A: Used or unused, EpiPens should be managed in ...

PLYMOUTH – When it comes to disposing of used hypodermic needles, sometimes you have to think inside the box. That was the case for Jerry Levine and Barry Potvin of the town’s Board of Health. They ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Topeka Police Department lobby is now home to a sharps disposal container and a medication disposal container. The Topeka Police Department says its lobby is now the home of ...

Alison Sherman, Torrance’s waste management coordinator, said in a previous Ask Us column that syringes are considered sharps waste and should be disposed of like needle sharps waste. You can dispose ...

Jul. 8—Area residents now have a new way to dispose of used or unneeded needles and other sharps intended for medical use. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma installed a red sharps disposal box at its ...

PITTSFIELD — The State Clinics at Berkshire Medical Center has been designated by The Department of Public Health as a depository for used syringes and other devices that puncture the skin, otherwise ...

Haverford Township recently placed a Sharps Compliance Medical Waste Disposal point in the municipal building. Medical-purpose needles, epi-pens and lancets can be dropped in the box, said chief ...