{"id":8834,"date":"2023-12-11T16:22:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T08:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=8834"},"modified":"2023-12-11T16:22:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T08:22:43","slug":"ways-to-dispose-of-used-medical-sharps-while-traveling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/ways-to-dispose-of-used-medical-sharps-while-traveling\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to dispose of used medical sharps while traveling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It doesn&#8217;t matter if you are traveling by plane, train, car or staying home this holiday season, it&#8217;s important to know how to safely dispose of used medical sharps. Millions of people in\u00a0the United States\u00a0use needles, lancets and syringes \u2013 otherwise known as sharps \u2013 to puncture the skin and dispense medication to help manage short- or long-term chronic conditions like diabetes, arthritis, cancer or auto-immune diseases.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For both existing sharps users and people using sharps for the first time, disposal can be confusing, especially while traveling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People who use sharps can often dispose of them at home or on the road. It&#8217;s as simple as 1-2-3:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Place used sharps in a strong, plastic container like a laundry detergent or bleach bottle.<\/li><li>When the container is 75% full, seal it tightly with duct tape and label it &#8220;do not recycle.&#8221;<\/li><li>Place the sealed container in regular household trash.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disposal rules are different in every state, so it&#8217;s important to confirm local disposal regulations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Commonly Used Medical Sharps<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Needles \u2013 fine, slender, hollow pieces of metal, typically attached to syringes, used to inject medication under the skin or withdraw fluid from the body<\/li><li>Lancets, also called &#8220;fingersticks&#8221; \u2013 often used by people with diabetes to get drops of blood for testing<\/li><li>Auto injectors, including epinephrine pens \u2013 syringes pre-filled with fluid medication designed to be self-injected into the body<\/li><li>Infusion sets \u2013 tubing systems with needles used to deliver drugs to the body<\/li><li>Connection needles \u2013 needles that connect to a tube used to transfer fluids in and out of the body<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more about the rules of safe sharps disposal this holiday season at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/safetyisthepoint.org\/resources\/\">SafetyIsThePoint.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For both existing sharps users and people using sharps for the first time, disposal can be confusing, especially while traveling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":8843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1227,2060,145,110],"class_list":["post-8834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","tag-adventure-travel","tag-eco-travel","tag-green-travel","tag-travel-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8844,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8834\/revisions\/8844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}