Can the customer just put the swarf in the red bag and re-use the cup liner?
In FDA pre-clinical product tests incinerating needles with contaminated control bacteria, no bacterial residue was found in the incinerated debris. We cannot predict, however, if other infectious pathogens may survive needle incineration (e.g., viruses, prions, etc.). Therefore, our FDA labeling, OSHA regulations and prudent material handling processes, mandate that the remaining needle “swarf” and the cup liner be disposed of in a sharps container.
