Jan Harris is director of environmental and occupational health and safety for Sharps Compliance, Inc. She provides customized written safety and health policies and procedures, consultative services, seminar presentations and training curriculum development. For more information, visit www.sharpsinc.com.
Managing sharps and other medical waste in the non-healthcare business setting has been an issue for years. On-site medical clinics bear little difference from off-site doctors’ offices and therefore face similar management issues regarding used syringes, expired medications and body fluid cleanup.