处置信息。

The Coalition for Safe Community Needle Disposal, comprised of medical, government, and waste associations and private sector companies, is working with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate and promote alternative disposal methods for used needles and other medical sharps.

废弃针头和其他利器的管理不当会对公众和废物处理人员造成健康风险。例如，当垃圾车内的容器破裂或针头被误送到回收设施时，废弃的针头可能会使废物处理工人受到潜在的针刺伤害和潜在的感染。如果松散的利器戳穿塑料垃圾袋，清洁工和管家也有受伤的风险。用过的针头可以传播严重的疾病，如艾滋病毒和肝炎。

 

棄置醫療利器

The Coalition has identified several types of safe disposal programs for self-injectors. Instead of placing sharps in the trash, self-injectors are encouraged to use any of these alternative disposal methods:

  • Drop Box or Supervised Collection Sites: Sharps users can take their sharps containers filled with used needles to appropriate collection sites: doctors' offices, hospitals, pharmacies, health departments, or fire stations. Services are free or have a nominal fee. Check with your pharmacist or another healthcare provider for availability in your area.

  • Mail-back Programs: Sharps users place their used sharps in special containers and return the container by mail to a collection site for proper disposal. This service usually requires a fee. Fees vary depending on the size of the container. Check with your health care provider, pharmacist, or yellow pages, or search the Internet using the keywords "sharps mail back."

  • Syringe Exchange Programs (SEP): Sharps users can safely exchange used needles for new needles. Contact the North American Syringe Exchange Network at 253-272-4857 or online at www.nasen.org.

  • At-home Needle Destruction Devices: Several manufacturers offer products that allow you to destroy used needles at home. These devices sever, burn, or melt the needle rendering it safe for disposal. Check with your pharmacist or search the internet using the keywords "sharps disposal devices." The prices of these devices vary according to product type and manufacturer.

欲了解更多信息。

  • 请致电当地的固体废物部门或公共卫生部门，以确定您所在地区的正确处理方法。

  • Ask your healthcare provider or local pharmacist if they offer disposal or if there safe disposal programs in the area.

  • Contact the Coalition for Safe Community Needle Disposal at 1-800-643-1643. Ask about the availability of safe disposal programs in your area or for information on setting up a community disposal program. Visit EPA Medical. This website also has a list of all state health and solid waste/sanitation department contacts.

  • Visit the Safe Community Needle Disposal website. This easy-to-use website is designed for anyone interested in safe needle disposal. It provides state-by-state and territory-by-territory summaries of the laws and regulations affecting the labeling, transportation, and disposal of used needles and other sharps in the community.

美国食品和药物管理局关于处置未使用过的药品的正确方法的指南

有关正确处理未用过的药品的方法，请参考以下FDA链接。哪里和如何处置未使用的药品？

其他有用资源：

As a general rule of thumb, do not flush prescription drugs down the toilet or drain unless the label or accompanying patient information specifically instructs you to do so. For information on which drugs should be flushed, visit the FDA’s website.

要處理未標明須沖洗的處方藥，您可以利用社區藥物回收計劃或其他計劃，例如家庭危險廢物收集活動，在一個中央地點收集藥物，以便妥善處理。請致電您所在城市或縣政府的家庭垃圾和回收服務機構，詢問您所在社區是否有藥物回收計劃。

如果没有药品回收或收集计划。

  • 将处方药从原容器中取出。

  • 将毒品与猫砂或废咖啡渣等不良物质混合。

  • Put this mixture into a disposable container with a lid, such as an empty margarine tub, or a sealable bag.

  • Conceal or remove any personal information, including Rx number on the empty containers by covering it with a black permanent marker, duct tape, or by scratching it off.

  • 将装有混合物的密封容器和空药容器放入垃圾桶。