Focus on along with your doctor/diabetes educator. There are many different injection systems for diabetes medications. Giant, multi-dose devices will let you ceaselessly and easily exchange the needle. Smaller disposable programs require you to dispose of the pen/syringe container with the needle connected. Your physician or diabetes educator will assessment disposal pointers with you, however once more, examine your area pointers if you have questions.

Your provincial and municipal companies should even have developed specific tips for medical waste streams, especially in regard to sharps, biomedical, and hazardous waste management in your province. Whereas each province ought to comply with federal guidelines, provincial laws are additionally applicable. Each should be followed. Throughout Canada, provincial laws are found on regional government web sites.

St. Clare’s Hospital

(Dover and Denville Campuses)

Simply drop off syringes at the entrance desk, however they have to be in a sealed, hardened container.

Morristown Medical Heart

973-971-4177 – Containers for syringes may be picked up or dropped off at the outpatient desk positioned on the fitting after going into the main entrance. Hours are M-F, 7:00am-7:00pm and Saturdays 7:00am-3:00pm. Syringes must be empty and syringe containers cannot be greater than 3/4s full.

Chilton Memorial Hospital / Access Center (Pompton Plains)

Folks could pickup empty syringe containers and drop off full ones at the Access Heart. All syringes must be in containers. Hours: M-F, 6:00am – 8:00pm and Saturdays 7:00am-3:00pm.

– Be aware: as well as accepting sharps and/or syringes for disposal, these protected syringe disposal programs will even settle for epi-pens for disposal as long as they are empty and packaged in hardened containers like sharps and syringes.

Other choices for secure syringe disposal by mail. Contact vendors listed beneath: