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
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Improved Nursing and Quality of Care
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Increased Safety and Compliance
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Support of Sustainability Goals
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Waste Identification
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Seamless Implementation
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
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Waste Identification
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Staff Training and Education
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Containers and Labeling Provided
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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.
SharpsRx Pro™ by Stericycle can save time and improve quality of patient care
21 minutes saved
on average per 10-hour shift with SharpsRx Pro, a one container solution for both sharps and nonhazardous waste
65%
of nurses surveyed indicated they would use time saved with a one container solution for patient care
Source: Comingling Sharps Waste and Non-Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste Could Help Alleviate Nursing Burdens, 2022
The Comingling Sharps Waste and Non-Hazardous Pharmaceutical Waste Could Help Alleviate Nursing Burdens whitepaper is based on an independently administered nationwide blind survey of registered nurses (RNs) in hospital acute care settings.
