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    Sharps waste is a form of biomedical waste composed of used "sharps", which includes any device or object used to puncture or lacerate the skin. Sharps...
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    Biomedical waste is a type of biowaste. Biomedical waste may be solid or liquid. Examples of infectious waste include discarded blood, sharps, unwanted...
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  • Recyclable waste Residual waste Retail hazardous waste Sewage Sharps waste Ship disposal Slaughterhouse waste Special waste (see Hazardous waste) Wikimedia...
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  • biomedical waste composed of used sharps Sharps, Virginia, unincorporated community in Richmond County Sharps Bedrooms Sharp's Brewery, Rock, Cornwall, UK (cask...
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    Sharps rifles are a series of large-bore, single-shot, falling-block, breech-loading rifles, beginning with a design by Christian Sharps in 1848 and ceasing...
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    typically is administered into the thigh or the buttocks. Autoinjectors are sharps waste. Automatic syringes are known since the 1910s, and many spring-loaded...
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    Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. This includes...
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    suture needles and other sharps used in operations. There are basically three complementary approaches to prevention of these sharps injuries. The first one...
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    Stericycle (category Medical waste)
    collecting and disposing regulated medical waste, such as medical waste and sharps, pharmaceuticals, hazardous waste, and providing services for recalled and...
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    of automobile accidents. Discarded dangerous goods, chemicals, tires, sharps waste and pathogens resulting from litter can cause accidental harm to humans...
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    Toxic waste is any unwanted material in all forms that can cause harm (e.g. by being inhaled, swallowed, or absorbed through the skin). Mostly generated...
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    samples, including infected dressings and used hypodermic needles (see sharps waste). The biohazard symbol was developed by the Dow Chemical Company in 1966...
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    microorganisms within a landfill as they decompose organic waste, including for example, food waste and paper waste. Landfill gas is approximately forty to sixty percent...
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    Waste management laws govern the transport, treatment, storage, and disposal of all manner of waste, including municipal solid waste, hazardous waste...
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    Radioactive Waste: Radioactive materials used in medical procedures, such as diagnostic imaging and cancer treatment. Infectious Waste: Contaminated sharps (needles...
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    Drug disposal (category Medical waste)
    drug samples or medical waste. On September 30, 2018, California passed SB 212: Solid waste: pharmaceutical and sharps waste stewardship. Similar to the...
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    dispose of biohazardous waste. In the United States, the primary methods for treatment and disposal of biohazard, medical and sharps waste may include: Incineration...
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    Electronic waste (or e-waste) describes discarded electrical or electronic devices. It is also commonly known as waste electrical and electronic equipment...
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  • oil; promoted the reuse and recycling of electronic waste; coordinated the safe disposal of sharps waste; and encouraged the purchase of environmentally preferable...
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    A waste collector, also known as a garbage man, garbage collector, trashman (in the U.S), binman or dustman (in the UK), is a person employed by a public...
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  • skin.[original research] The device, once used, should be considered sharps waste. The introduction of the Uniject has been called "the greatest single...
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    receiving care happen often. If the person receiving care is producing sharps waste from regular injections, then the caregiver should manage that. Surfaces...
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  • Microbiology. Arya Publications. ISBN 9788178552668. OCLC 868917866. "Biological waste | Office of Risk Management". University of Ottawa, Canada. Archived from...
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    funerals of two village chiefs. Ebola Universal precautions Needle remover Sharps waste Dr. Matthew Lukwiya (1957–2000) VHFs Railway stations in DRCongo Société...
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  • (philosopher) Shannon's expansion Shannon Bell Shantideva Shao Yong Sharia Sharps waste Sharyn Clough Shastrartha Shaun Gallagher (philosopher) Shaun Nichols...
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    with Chris Kerr, founded SteriLogic Waste Systems, which serves hospitals and medical clinics in managing sharps waste. Abele was CEO of SteriLogic from...
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    "pathological wastes" such as body tissues, blood wastes and blood byproducts, sharps, contaminated carcasses and beddings of animals, surgery or autopsy wastes that...
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    Essaibi George proposed ordinances requiring pharmacies to provide safe sharps waste disposal. An ordinance sponsored by Essaibi George that requires pharmacy...
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    of Materials Used in Containers for Discarded Medical Needles and Other Sharps Puncture Resistance ASTM D3420 Standard Test Method for Pendulum Impact...
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  • scholars and researchers have linked the sharp increase in waste trading and the negative impacts of waste trading to the prevalence of neoliberal economic...
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