BD Sharps Disposal By Mail
A safer, more convenient method of sharps disposal
Economically efficient program eliminates waste removal service fees and manual transportation.
Postage is prepaid.
When container is full, simply follow instructions for use, seal individual components and complete tracking documentation.
Leave for mail carrier or bring to U.S. Post Office.
Leak proof system and tracking document comply with USPS regulations.
More than a billion insulin syringes, needles, and lancets are used for diabetes care in the United States each year.
If they are not disposed of properly, these items - known as "sharps" - can injure other people.
The rules and regulations regarding sharps disposal may be different in towns and counties around the country, so check with your local sanitation or health department.A convenient option for safe needle disposal, the BD™ Sharps Disposal by Mail system.
It encompasses containment, storage, transportation, treatment, disposal and tracking of sharps, all in one package. Here's how the system works:
The container holds up to 300 pen needles or lancets, or up to 100 insulin syringes.
The kit includes a red wrapping bag and a postage-paid mailing box.
Put your used insulin syringes, pen needles and lancets into the container.
When the sharps container is full, seal it. Place it into the red bag.
Then place the bag inside the mailing box.
Fill out the tracking form and keep a copy for your records.
Give the closed postage paid mailing box to your mail carrier or bring it to the post office.
When the mailing box reaches the treatment facility, the tracking form is scanned and a certificate of destruction is mailed back to you, confirming the destruction of your sharps container.
If you don't have access to BD™ Sharps Disposal by Mail, and your community does not have specific disposal rules, follow these guidelines:
Never throw loose sharps into the trash, whether at home or away from home.
Never flush sharps down the toilet.
Remove needles from insulin syringes and pen needle units using a BD Safe-Clip™ clipper device and put the rest of the syringe or pen needle in your BD™ Home Sharps Container.
Don't recap or clip a needle that has been used by another person.
This can lead to accidental needle sticks, which may cause serious infections. Don't attempt to remove the needle without the BD Safe-Clip™ clipper device because the needles could fall, fly off, or get lost and injure someone.
Put your used insulin syringes, pen needles, and lancets in a sharps container.
When your BD™ Home Sharps Container is full, seal it and check with your community how to dispose of it properly.
If as a last resort, you choose to put it in a trash receptable, do not place it in a recycling bin, because insulin syringes, pen needles and lancets are not recyclable.
Keep this container away from children.
Never handle someone else's syringe unless a healthcare professional trains you in proper injection technique and disposal.