Sharps and Non-Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste

By combining two major waste streams in one reusable container, Stericycle’s SharpsRx Pro™ Solution increases nursing efficiency, quality of patient care, and your sustainability achievements.

One Simple Solution To Elevate Your Quality Of Care

Time is a precious commodity in hospitals. That’s why we help you streamline the processes that get in the way of focusing on patient care. With SharpsRx Pro™, we consolidate two major waste streams in one cost-effective, convenient, and compliant solution—helping you to increase safety and achieve greater efficiencies that lead to improved outcomes. 

  • Efficiently dispose of sharps and ~95% of pharmaceutical waste at the point of administration
  • Improve quality of patient care and satisfaction by allowing nurses more time at bedside
  • Decrease safety and compliance risks related to pharmaceutical waste disposal
  • Reduce your hospital’s carbon footprint with reusable containers and ensure pharmaceutical waste does not contaminate the environment

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An Innovative, Convenient, and Efficient One-Container Solution

Improved Nursing and Quality of Care

  • Increase focus on driving positive patient outcomes with nurses having more time at the patient’s bedside
  • Remove nursing burden related to leaving patient room to dispose of non-hazardous pharmaceutical waste
  • Streamline waste disposal with an easy process by combining sharps and the majority of pharmaceutical waste in one easily identified blue container

Increased Safety and Compliance

  • Eliminate safety and compliance risks of improper pharmaceutical waste disposal in red sharps containers (No Meds in Reds)
  • Decrease risk of needle sticks with Stericycle Service Technicians proactively monitoring and exchanging containers
  • Utilize Stericycle’s industry-leading regulatory expertise to help train and support your staff      

Support of Sustainability Goals

  • Utilize reusable containers that divert 600 disposable containers from landfill for every reusable blue container in service 
  • Mitigate pharmaceutical contamination of the environment, entering waterways and potentially your community’s drinking water

Waste Identification

  • Stericycle’s proprietary database of more than 450,000 National Drug Codes (NDCs) to cross reference with your facility’s formulary for waste characterization and efficient, compliant disposal
  • Waste characterization report includes EPA and/or state waste codes, identification of NIOSH hazardous drugs, controlled substances; and provides DOT shipping information
  • Supports regulatory compliance with federal, state, and local waste management regulations

Seamless Implementation

  • One-for-one exchange of red sharps containers to blue Comingle containers and removal of applicable non-hazardous pharmaceutical containers
  • Industry-leading, specialized training on how to handle and properly segregate hazardous and non-hazardous pharmaceutical waste
  • Comprehensive instructional materials provided prior to transition and throughout the program
  • Uniquely colored blue containers, in a variety of sizes with proper labeling to identify non-hazardous disposal

Improved Nursing and Quality of Care

  • Increase focus on driving positive patient outcomes with nurses having more time at the patient’s bedside
  • Remove nursing burden related to leaving patient room to dispose of non-hazardous pharmaceutical waste
  • Streamline waste disposal with an easy process by combining sharps and the majority of pharmaceutical waste in one easily identified blue container

Increased Safety and Compliance

  • Eliminate safety and compliance risks of improper pharmaceutical waste disposal in red sharps containers (No Meds in Reds)
  • Decrease risk of needle sticks with Stericycle Service Technicians proactively monitoring and exchanging containers
  • Utilize Stericycle’s industry-leading regulatory expertise to help train and support your staff      

Support of Sustainability Goals

  • Utilize reusable containers that divert 600 disposable containers from landfill for every reusable blue container in service 
  • Mitigate pharmaceutical contamination of the environment, entering waterways and potentially your community’s drinking water

Waste Identification

  • Stericycle’s proprietary database of more than 450,000 National Drug Codes (NDCs) to cross reference with your facility’s formulary for waste characterization and efficient, compliant disposal
  • Waste characterization report includes EPA and/or state waste codes, identification of NIOSH hazardous drugs, controlled substances; and provides DOT shipping information
  • Supports regulatory compliance with federal, state, and local waste management regulations

Seamless Implementation

  • One-for-one exchange of red sharps containers to blue Comingle containers and removal of applicable non-hazardous pharmaceutical containers
  • Industry-leading, specialized training on how to handle and properly segregate hazardous and non-hazardous pharmaceutical waste
  • Comprehensive instructional materials provided prior to transition and throughout the program
  • Uniquely colored blue containers, in a variety of sizes with proper labeling to identify non-hazardous disposal

Seamless Implementation, Minimal Disruption

  • Waste Identification

  • Staff Training and Education

  • Containers and Labeling Provided

  • Transport and Destruction

A Fully Comprehensive Sharps and Pharmaceutical Waste Program 

Integrate Stericycle’s SharpsRx Pro™ with our hazardous pharmaceutical waste service for safe and compliant disposal of your hazardous (RCRA) pharmaceutical waste. Further, incorporate Stericycle’s CsRx® Controlled Substance Waste Service to complete your pharmaceutical waste management needs and keep your healthcare organization safe and compliant while protecting  the environment. 

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