Proper Disposal of Medical Sharps
- Syringes, Lancets and Blood Testing Products Locations
serving
Stockton, Tracy, Lodi, Manteca, Ripon, Lathrop, Escalon and San Joaquin
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Medical Sharps:
In 2008
a new law took effect making it illegal to dispose of home-generated medical
sharps in the trash. It also requires used sharps, including syringes,
hypodermic needles, lancets, and other needle devices for injecting
medication or blood tests, to be transported in an FDA-approved biohazard
sharps container.
There is NO COST for San
Joaquin County residents to drop off these materials at the
HHW Facility for proper
disposal.
PLEASE DO NOT PLACE THESE ITEMS IN THE GARBAGE!
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Residents
Residents of San Joaquin County can utilize the following resources to
properly dispose of medical sharps:
To safely dispose
of your used sharps, place them in a biohazard sharps container and contact
your physician, clinic, or local pharmacy, and ask if they have a sharps
take-back program for their customers. A list of sharps mail-back
services is also available from the California Department of Public Health:
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/certlic/medicalwaste/Pages/MailBackSharps.aspx.
San Joaquin Household Hazardous Waste Facility
The HHW Facility accepts
home-generated medical sharps from residential customers (syringes,
hypodermic needles, lancets, and other needle devices for injecting
medication or blood tests).
To protect facility technicians from
needle-stick injuries,
sharps must be transported
in an FDA-approved biohazard sharps container (available from your local
drug store or pharmacy). Ask about our free sharps container exchange.
Click on the links for more information.
Businesses
Businesses can utilize the following resources to properly
dispose of medical sharps:
San Joaquin Household Hazardous Waste Facility
Small businesses can dispose of medications at the San Joaquin County
Household Hazardous Waste Facility (HHW) for a small fee. Conditions
apply, for details click the Small Business HHW link or
CESQG Brochure link below. For more resources visit
http://www.safeneedledisposal.org
or call the Coalition for Safe Community Needle Disposal at 1-800-643-1643.
For more information on medical waste call the California Department of
Public Health at (916) 449-5671.
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Proper Disposal Locations:
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Escalon
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San Joaquin
County Household Hazardous Waste
Consolidation Facility
7850 R. A. Bridgeford Street
Stockton, CA 95206
(209) 468-5670 or
(209) 468-3066
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Ask your doctor’s office or pharmacist if
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Lathrop
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San Joaquin
County Household Hazardous Waste
Consolidation Facility
7850 R. A. Bridgeford Street
Stockton, CA 95206
(209) 468-5670 or
(209) 468-3066
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Ask your doctor’s office or pharmacist if
they offer a sharps take-back program. |
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Lodi
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San Joaquin County Household Hazardous
Waste
Consolidation Facility
7850 R. A. Bridgeford Street
Stockton, CA 95206
(209) 468-5670 or
(209) 468-3066
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Ask your doctor’s office or pharmacist if
they offer a sharps take-back program |
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Manteca
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San Joaquin County Household Hazardous
Waste
Consolidation Facility
7850 R. A. Bridgeford Street
Stockton, CA 95206
(209) 468-5670 or
(209) 468-3066
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City of Manteca Solid Waste Division
210 E. Wetmore Street
Manteca, CA
(209) 239-8169
For Manteca residents ONLY. Call for
details.
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Ask your doctor’s office or pharmacist if
they offer a sharps take-back program.
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Ripon
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San Joaquin
County Household Hazardous Waste
Consolidation Facility
7850 R. A. Bridgeford Street
Stockton, CA 95206
(209) 468-5670 or
(209) 468-3066
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Ask your doctor’s office or pharmacist if
they offer a sharps take-back program.
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Stockton
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San Joaquin
County Household Hazardous Waste
Consolidation Facility
7850 R. A. Bridgeford Street
Stockton, CA 95206
(209) 468-5670 or
(209) 468-3066
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St Joseph's Medical Center
1800 North
California
Stockton, CA 95204
(209) 943-2000
St. Joseph's Medical Center has a sharps drop box located in the parking
garage. This location is open daily, and no special containers are required,
however sharps
should be stored in a coffee can or heavy plastic bottle. To gain access to
the garage, inform the parking attendant that you have medical sharps to drop off.
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Ask your doctor’s office or pharmacist if
they offer a sharps take-back program.
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Tracy
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San Joaquin
County Household Hazardous Waste
Consolidation Facility
7850 R. A. Bridgeford Street
Stockton, CA 95206
(209) 468-5670 or
(209) 468-3066
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Ask your doctor’s office or pharmacist if
they offer a sharps take-back program. |
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