Sharps waste definition

Sharps waste means a device or instrument having acute, rigid corners, edges or protuberances capable of cutting or piercing the skin, that has been used in the performance of body art and has not been disinfected or sterilized following use, including but not limited to, any of the following:
Sharps waste means a device that has acute rigid corners, edges, or protuberances capable of cutting or piercing, including, but not limited to, hypodermic needles, hypodermic needles with syringes, blades, needles with attached tubing, acupuncture needles, root canal files, broken glass items used in health care such as Pasteur pipettes and blood vials contaminated with biohazardous waste, and any item capable of cutting or piercing from trauma scene waste.
Sharps waste means used needles, syringes, and lancets.

Examples of Sharps waste in a sentence

  • Contractor shall also make available to Customers a Sharps Waste by mail service from a third-party provider through its website, at the rate established by the third party provider from time to time.

  • Contractor shall provide for Sharps Waste generated by Single-Family and Multi-Family Customers at no charge through a container placed at up to five (5) locations at City facilities designated by the City.


More Definitions of Sharps waste

Sharps waste means any device having acute rigid corners, edges, or protuberances capable of cutting or piercing, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
Sharps waste means waste that consists of medical equipment or clinical laboratory articles that may cause punctures or cuts, such as hypodermic needles, syringes with attached needles and lancets, whether contaminated, unused or disinfected.
Sharps waste means any device having acute rigid corners, edges, or protuberances capable of cutting or
Sharps waste means hypodermic needles, syringes with needles attached, IV tubing with needles attached, dental scalers, scalpel blades and lancets that have been removed from the original sterile package;
Sharps waste means all hypodermic needles, syringes with nee- dles attached, IV tubing with needles attached, scalpel blades, and lancets that have been removed from the original sterile package.
Sharps waste means all hypodermic needles, syringes with needles attached, IV tubing with needles attached, scal- pel blades, and lancets that have been removed from the orig- inal sterile package.
Sharps waste means waste generated by a household that includes a hypodermic needle, syringe, or lancet.