SHARPS CONTAINERS definition

SHARPS CONTAINERS means a rigid puncture-resistant container used in patient care or research activities meeting the standards of and receiving approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration as a medical device used for the collection of discarded medical needles or other sharps.

Related to SHARPS CONTAINERS

  • Plastic container means an individual, separate, rigid plastic bottle, can, jar or carton, except for a blister pack, that is originally used to contain a product that is the subject of a retail sale.

  • Storage container means a device in which sealed sources or radiation machines are secured and stored.

  • Beverage container means an airtight metal, glass, paper, or plastic container, or a container composed of a combination of these materials, which, at the time of sale, contains 1 gallon or less of any of the following:

  • Cremation container means a leak and spill resistant, rigid,

  • Shipping container means a MIL-STD-129 defined exterior container that meets carrier regulations and is of sufficient strength, by reason of material, design, and construction, to be shipped safely without further packing (e.g., wooden boxes or crates, fiber and metal drums, and corrugated and solid fiberboard boxes).