Disposal of Needles
How do you dispose of your needles? We got a letter from our trash
company that "medical supplies used for blood testing and needles" are
not to be disposed of in the trash.
I have just been saving them all up in an old milk jug, but it’s
getting full.
I thought I might take them to the doctor’s office. Maybe I can drop
them off there?
October 3rd, 2006 at 11:11 pm
Our Hospital, Providence, will take my needles and like your milk jug, it
doesn’t have to be a fancy container. They mention an old 2-liter soda bottle:)
I would bet that taking the needles and disposing of them is true for many
hospitals around the country.
It was the out-patient lab where I saw the sign out here, so you might want to
give them a call.
Melodie
I have just been saving them all up in an old milk jug, but it’s
getting full.
I thought I might take them to the doctor’s office. Maybe I can drop
them off there?
October 4th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
When my Dr. prescribed the Byetta he said that I could go to the local hospital
(I forget which department) and get one of those disposal units you see at your
doctors office for free. And that when you fill it up, you just bring it back to
the hospital and they will exchange it.
Rich
How do you dispose of your needles? We got a letter from our trash
company that "medical supplies used for blood testing and needles" are
not to be disposed of in the trash.
I have just been saving them all up in an old milk jug, but it’s
getting full.
I thought I might take them to the doctor’s office. Maybe I can drop
them off there?
October 6th, 2006 at 12:41 am
Not all hospitals will do that for you (but one of our local hospitals will
dispose of used needles/lancets free of charge if you bring them in an
approved container). Wal*Mart carries the home sharps container and they
run about $5 each.
October 9th, 2006 at 4:46 am
In the state of Tennessee, they require that you use an opaque jug,
preferably an old bleach jug. When it is full you tape the lid down and
write on the jug "Do Not Recycle". If you write biohazard on the jug it has
to be burned which incurs an extra charge, which is why they say just to
write do not recycle with a permanent marker. Some Dr.s offices will take
them, but as i say, they incur extra charges so i think they would pass that
charge on to you. My Dr charges $3 for bringing them to him. I just use
the bleach bottle.
Demetria-Beth
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How do you dispose of your needles? We got a letter from our trash
company that "medical supplies used for blood testing and needles" are
not to be disposed of in the trash.
I have just been saving them all up in an old milk jug, but it’s
getting full.
I thought I might take them to the doctor’s office. Maybe I can drop
them off there?
October 9th, 2006 at 5:40 pm
Michael…
Do you then just throw the container in the Trash? My state charges extra.
Because they have to be burned. I am going to walmart today, i think i’ll
check and see if i can find them. What area are they in?
Demetria-Beth
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Not all hospitals will do that for you (but one of our local hospitals will
dispose of used needles/lancets free of charge if you bring them in an
approved container). Wal*Mart carries the home sharps container and they
run about $5 each.
> just bring it back to the hospital and they will exchange it.
October 10th, 2006 at 8:45 pm
I don’t think Alaska has a law regarding medical waste disposal but I know
that Anchorage (where I live) does. At home I use a sharps container but
when I’m on the road, I usually don’t have anything with me. Before
starting Byetta, I just tossed the lancet by capping it with the cover from
a new one like others have suggested and tossed them in the trash but now
that I’m using the pen needles, I’ve had to go on two business trips and one
hotel had sharps disposal at the front desk, the other didn’t and they
looked at me like I was from another planet when I inquired about it. As
for the sharps container disposal, there is a clinic in town operated by
Providence Health Systems and they will let you drop them off for free but
if I take to my doctor’s office of dispose of them at my work, I would be
charged for the incineration and handling fee. I’m mainly concerned about
the safety of the hotel workers handling my pen needles due to another
blood-borne disease that I have. Guess I’ll give the soda bottle a try - at
least it would offer some extra protection.
October 14th, 2006 at 6:09 pm
It looks like a few of you live in Alaska. Im jealous! Whats it like there?
Besides a high cost of living that is. I want to go on an alaskan cruise
before I leave this earth. Ev
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October 15th, 2006 at 2:37 pm
Alaska was just featured on the Travel channel’s 1000 places to see before you
die special last Thursday.
I love living in Alaska! In Anchorage, where I am out, our summers are pretty
temperate (usually high 60’s to low 70’s. Once in a while higher.) and same
with our winters–not counting this one where it has been COLD!!!! In
Anchorage, we don’t get as much snow as say New York does.
You are less than 30 minutes from the great outdoors and there is plently of
wildlife that roams into town but since I moved here in 83 that has gotten less.
Melodie
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October 16th, 2006 at 2:29 am
The Travel Channel actually did a program for the 1000 places to see before you
die? Wow, that must be for the rich (1000? Who has that much time or money?). I
can barely afford to go to Fort Lauderdale once a year! And if gas prices are
going to be as predicted, that might change to Seaside Heights!
Rich
Alaska was just featured on the Travel channel’s 1000 places to see before you
die special last Thursday.
I love living in Alaska! In Anchorage, where I am out, our summers are pretty
temperate (usually high 60’s to low 70’s. Once in a while higher.) and same with
our winters–not counting this one where it has been COLD!!!! In Anchorage, we
don’t get as much snow as say New York does.
You are less than 30 minutes from the great outdoors and there is plently of
wildlife that roams into town but since I moved here in 83 that has gotten less.
Melodie
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October 16th, 2006 at 7:48 am
Yeah. I would have liked to be one of the folks in the couple they chose to do
the stories. I guess they are from Colorado and got a four month all expenses
paid trip to see all these places. I would have taken time off of my job to do
this–all they had to do is ASK!!!!
And considering I practically live at my job, that says A LOT. HA HA.
Melodie
Rich
Alaska was just featured on the Travel channel’s 1000 places to see before you
die special last Thursday.
I love living in Alaska! In Anchorage, where I am out, our summers are pretty
temperate (usually high 60’s to low 70’s. Once in a while higher.) and same with
our winters–not counting this one where it has been COLD!!!! In Anchorage, we
don’t get as much snow as say New York does.
You are less than 30 minutes from the great outdoors and there is plently of
wildlife that roams into town but since I moved here in 83 that has gotten less.
Melodie
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