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.

This peer-reviewed study interviews clinicians to identify what measures are successful in reducing exposure to body fluid. Preventing the risk of BBP exposure.

A study into the activation rate and use of Safety Engineered Devices (SED) in 6 hospitals in US west.

A microbiological study to investigate the volume of plastic that could be reduced through implementation of a reusable sharps container system.

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 sharps 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 collector.

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.