The deadline for Sharps Compliance’s scholarship essay is quickly approaching. Essays and applications are due by Sunday, May 31. More details can be found here.
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Sharps Compliance White Paper Explains How to Identify and Safely Dispose of Pharmaceutical Hazardous Wastes. Is Your Facility Compliant?
Pharmaceutical waste can create a serious hazard to human health and the environment if not disposed of safely. Proper disposal is even more important when the pharmaceutical waste is also classified as hazardous waste.
Opioid Painkillers After Oral Surgery May Put Teens at Risk for Later Opioid Abuse
Most parents worry about their teens getting access to drugs at school or in social settings – not at the dentist. However, the American Dental Association and private insurers have expressed concerns about the widespread practice of prescribing opioid painkillers to teens after oral surgeries. The patients who filled those opioid prescriptions were nearly three times as likely to use opioids in the year after the prescription.
Sharps Compliance Now Accepting Essays for Fall 2020 Scholarship Contest
Sharps Compliance has announced the essay topic for its semi-annual scholarship contest. Each semester Sharps awards $1,500, $1,000, and $750 scholarships to first, second, and third place winners, respectively.
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COVID-19 Medical Waste: Helpful Tips
This is an update of the article originally published on March 19, 2020. Regulations change frequently. That’s why Sharps Compliance monitors updates and communicates any changes to its customers.
In these uncertain times, many of our current and prospective customers look to us, their regulated medical waste (RMW) management experts, for guidance in the proper handling of waste generated from confirmed and suspected COVID-19 cases, and rightfully so.
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