To ensure the safety of all students and faculty, all students who use injected medication (such as insulin) or who test their blood are required to dispose of hypodermic syringes and/or lancets in approved sharps containers.
Students who require such containers can obtain them at no cost from the Health and Wellness Center in the ground level of Carter Hall, room G-86 (Nurse’s Station).
Syringes should be placed in the sharps container; once the container is 2/3 full or once the contents rise to the FULL level marker on the container, the student should return it to the Health and Wellness Center, G-86 (Nurse’s Station) for proper disposal, at which time the student will receive a replacement sharps container.
General Guidelines for Handling Syringes and Other Sharps
· All sharps should be disposed of via the red sharps containers that the Health and Wellness Center provides.
· Sharps should never be disposed of in the regular trash. This places an unfair risk of needle puncture to others.
· The safety devices on needles and other sharps should be activated immediately after use.
· Never carry an uncapped needle around with you or place it in your pocket.
· Used needles should not be recapped, bent, cut, removed from the syringe or tube holder, or otherwise manipulated.
· Do not pick up broken glass or other sharp objects with hands, use mechanical means such as a brush and dustpan, tongs, etc., or attempt to recap a needle that is not yours.
· Do not recycle or reuse needles or syringes.
· Do not flush used needles or syringes down the toilet.
· Do not use glass containers to dispose of the needles or syringes.
*If a sharps container is obtained from the Health and Wellness Center, it must be returned as needed and/or at the end of the academic year or grades will be held.*
Any Questions, please call the Health and Wellness Center at 724-938-4232