Research

The study compares the Global Warming Potential (GWP) of single-use sharps containers manufactured with 80% recycled polymer with Sharpsmart reusable sharps containers.

The article compares the global warming potential (GWP) of 40 acute NHS Trust hospitals converting from single-use plastic containers to reusable sharps containers.

What is the article? This article asks, “Are we using Safety Engineered Devices (SEDs) frequently enough”, in addition to, “Are […]

What is the article? This peer reviewed study supports the 2011 EXPO-S.T.O.P (Exposure Survey of Trends in Occupational Practice) study […]

What is the study? This peer reviewed study examines the impact of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions on nation-wide transport distances, […]

A microbiological study to investigate the carriage and transmission potential of Clostridium Difficile spores on single-use and reusable sharps containers.

This study examined literature and guidelines to determine the microbiological risk of using reusable biomedical waste containers.

This before/after intervention studies UK hospitals to attain information on the differences in CO2 emissions from reusable and disposable sharps systems.

This 6-year study examined the impact of converting from a small patient room sharps container to the Daniels Sharpsmart reusable sharps container.

This study carried out a survey of top ‘sharps safe’ occupational health professionals to ascertain BE incidence in their hospitals for the 2012 calendar year.

The study sampled sharps containers from 5 facilities to identify the proportion of hollow-bore SED among the sharps present, and the proportion of SED correctly activated.

The study took a sampling of sharps containers to identify the proportion of hollow-bore SED among the sharps present and the proportion of SED correctly activated.