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On-Site Consultation - Common Nursing Home Hazards and Issues Bloodborne Pathogens, Page 1

Overfilled sharps container.

Picture of an overfilled sharps container.

Why is the sharps container overfilled?

Picture of a sharps containers that is overfilled.

The protective sheath on this safety syringe was not properly locked.

Picture of a safety syringe where the sheath was not properly locked.

This sharps container was up high and staff thought that they were safely discarding sharps but they were in fact
missing the sharps container opening.

Picture of a sharps container that was so high employees thought they were properly disposing of contaminated sharps but were instead putting the contaminated sharps on top of the sharps container.

Overfilled sharps container in the shower room.

Picture of an overfilled sharps container in the shower room.