What goes into the sharp containers?
• All needles and syringes • Hard plastic pipettes and tips • Glassware items including but not limited to: test tubes, vials, bottles, slides, vacutainers, etc. • Items made of metal, razor blades, scaples, knives, tweezers, scissors, etc. How full should I fill the sharps container before replacing them? Sharps containers should never be filled more than the manufacturer’s recommended fill level. If the manufacturer has not specified a fill level, then ¾ full is the recommend level to fill the sharps container to before replacing. What is considered an acceptable sharps container? All disposable or reusable sharp containers supplied by MED-FLEX meet or exceed OSHA, NIOSH, CDC and JCAHO requirements. If you purchase your sharps containers from a vendor other than MED-FLEX, you will have to check with them to see if they can verify that they meet the Federal and State requirements. The Federal Government has announced that the following containers can no longer be used as sharp contain
