“If hospitals were sued for millions of dollars every time a nurse got a needlestick and the hospital didn’t supply safe needles, you can bet this problem would have gone away years ago.”
Residential Needle Disposal
There are approximately 3.7 million insulin-using diabetics in the U.S.A. alone as well as other home-bound patients with a wide range of other conditions. This category highlights some of the most safe and practical ways for individuals to dispose of this medical trash.

Residential Needle Disposal Program   

The Eureka Sharps Disposal  Program was developed to:

  • Help you properly dispose of your needles and lancets. 

  • Provide an environmentally safe option for disposing of Sharps. 

  • Prevent injury to humans and animals. 

  • Keep Sharps out of household trash and recycling bins. 

  • Provide the public with more collection sites for home-generated needles and lancets. 

  • Prevent the spread of infectious diseases. 

  • Remove used needles from circulation and prevent the sharing of needles.

 

Residential Needle Disposal Program

Eureka Sharps Disposal logo

Eureka Sharps Disposal (formally SharpSmart) is the solutions to a National Problem. Eureka is an easily replicable, cost effective, highly marketable program developed to collect residential needles and remove them from our nations landfills. Kiosks are placed in pharmacies, fire and police stations and medical buildings. Free sharps containers are distributed with each inject able prescription or given out per request. Participants deposit their full sharps container in the Eureka Sharps Disposal Kiosk and pick up their next free container. 

Safety is always first with Eureka Sharps Disposal. Our kiosks are 14 gauge steel construction with a limited access deposit door. Our units also have optional floor anchoring bolts for extra safety. Eureka offers consulting for policy development, fund development for programs and operations. Eureka Sharps Disposal was designed to help properly dispose of syringes, prevent injury to humans and animals, provide an environmentally safe option for disposing of sharps, keep sharps out of household trash and recycling bins, prevent the spread of infectious diseases, remove used needles from circulation and prevent the sharing of needles.

For more information contact  Eureka Sharps Disposal at (401) 725-7800 
 




 
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