(Family Features) Going back to school means new classes, new supplies, new friends and sometimes even new schools — all of which can be overwhelming. The annual back-to-school routine takes on an ...

A medical term for devices with sharp points or edges that can puncture or cut skin, sharps may be used at home, at work and while traveling to manage medical conditions. Examples of sharps include: ...

The FDA provides a free, downloadable “DOs and DON’Ts of Proper Sharps Disposal” poster. The poster provides 12 dos and five don’ts concerning disposal of sharps used at home, work or while traveling.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Each year, about 8 million people in the United States use more than 3 billion needles, syringes and lancets to ...

Throwing sharps containers, red bags, and spill cleanup materials into the trash sends up a red flag to commercial or municipal trash collectors because they are not allowed to take this waste. A ...

In the minutes before her social psychology exam last semester, Shrayder Fischer, an IU junior studying clinical psychology, reached into her backpack for a pencil and accidentally pricked herself on ...

Alison Sherman, Torrance’s waste management coordinator, said in a previous Ask Us column that syringes are considered sharps waste and should be disposed of like needle sharps waste. You can dispose ...

A CDC report shows approximately 385,000 incidents of needlestick and sharps-related injuries annually among U.S. healthcare workers. This figure is likely an underestimate due to underreporting, ...

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has initiated a pilot program for the disposal of medical waste and unused dispensed medications generated outside hospitals and large healthcare facilities.