Starbucks executives have declined to install sharps containers in their State Street location, according to Starbucks shift supervisor and union organizer Matthew Cartwright. The State Street store ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - The Eau Claire City-County Health Department says several local agencies are partnering to install eight sharps disposal boxes in Eau Claire County. According to a press ...

Ashley Roberts, the program assistant for Keep Liberty Beautiful, received a phone call from a concerned community member ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The Macon County Health Department has installed a new sharps disposal drop box. The sharps disposal drop box can be found outside of the main entrance at 1221 E. Condit St. in ...

Homer’s local needle exchange wants to install sharp disposal boxes in bathrooms around town so residents can safely dispose of syringes. The volunteer-run organization provides free sterile syringes, ...

Q: I take Humira Pen injections every two weeks. I need to find out how to dispose of the needles. L.B. A: Humira’s manufacturer AbbVie offers a free Sharps Mail-Back program to all patients taking ...

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.

Researchers found that increased regulatory and industry attention to sharps disposal led to a dramatic drop in sharp disposal-related injuries, according to research published in the American Journal ...

DECATUR — The Macon County Health Department has installed a sharps disposal drop box outside the main entrance at 1221 E. Condit St. Needles, syringes, lancets, infusion sets, connection needles/sets ...

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 ...

PLYMOUTH – When it comes to disposing of used hypodermic needles, sometimes you have to think inside the box. That was the case for Jerry Levine and Barry Potvin of the town’s Board of Health. They ...