Sharps In California Amounts of Sharps Collected 2006
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Sharps In California
Amounts of Sharps Collected 2006 -07 Agency / Jurisdiction Material Type Totals (lbs) Home - Generated Sharps 49, 790 Fresno County 9, 110 San Rafael 8, 330 Los Angeles 3, 970 Los Angeles County 3, 417 San Bernardino County 3, 098 Riverside County 2, 639 West Contra Costa IWMA 2, 400 Santa Clara County 1, 725 Sacramento 1, 369 Glendale 1, 260 San Luis Obispo County 1, 196 El Dorado County 1, 130 Western Placer WMA 1, 035
Who Has Responsibility Over Sharps in CA? • CA Dept. of Public Health-Enforcement • California Integrated Waste Management Board-Working to Keep Sharps from Being Disposed in the Trash or Recycling Bins
SB 1305 -New Legislation Home-generated sharps are not Medical Waste Creates Prohibitions for Disposal of Home Generated Sharps Creates Container Requirements for Sharps Waste Creates Management & Disposal Requirements for Home-Generated Sharps Waste-Where to Dispose of Sharps
Disposal Options for Home. Generated Sharps Waste – Household hazardous waste facility – “Home generated sharps consolidation point” – Medical waste generator facility – Approved Facility using a Medical Waste Mail-back Container
Consolidation Point • Consolidation Point Authorization is provided to facilities that accept home generated sharps containers from the public or clients
Electronic Resources • http: //www. ciwmb. ca. gov/HHW/Sharps/default. htm • Listserv http: //www. ciwmb. ca. gov/Listservs/List. Subscribe. as p? LID=73 • Jim Cropper-(916)341 -6595 jcropper@ciwmb. ca. gov
What is on the Web Page? http: //www. ciwmb. ca. gov/HHW/Sharps/default. htm • Law • Disposal Options • Summary of Local Jurisdiction’s Collection Programs • Survey - Self-Injectors, Home Health Care Providers, & Hospice Care Providers • Stakeholder Meeting Notes and Presentations • Listserv • Under Construction-Searchable Database
What is CA Doing? • Outreach Materials-Mailer Requesting Pharmacies to Become Consolidation Pts. • Working With Diabetes Educators to Teach Proper Disposal of Sharps • Providing Brochures and Posters to Pharmacies and Doctors • Providing Options to Local Governments and Sharing Information • Local Ordinance in One County-Requires All Sellers of Sharps to Provide for the Collection of Sharps.
Questions?
Sharps disposal tweezers
Solfege with sharps and flats
Chemical safety toolbox talk
Order of sharps
Needle stick injury
Sharps neutral zone
There were ____ reported sharps exposures at uf in 2020.
Pronoun
How are ballistics collected
Qualitative and quantitative data analysis
Importance of scanning and skimming
