US20050103662A1 - Sharps disposal system - Google Patents
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- Structural reinforcement for the cabinet 10 is provided by right angle flanges 56 which are fixed along the sidewalls 12 and offset inwardly from the leading edges of the sidewalls 12 .
- the flanges 56 are interconnected by a cross bar 58 extending across and connected to the upper ends of the support flanges 56 .
- a locking slot 60 is formed in the cross bar 58 .
- the slot 60 is shaped to match the slot 62 formed in the surface 54 of the top edge of the access door 17 .
- the surface 54 of the access door 17 is in facing contact with the cross bar 58 and the lock slots 60 and 62 are in alignment for receiving the lock lever 64 of a lock 66 mounted on the top access door 16 , as best shown in FIG. 4 .
Abstract
A sharps disposal system for safely collecting and disposing of medical sharps includes a cabinet defining an enclosure for receiving a removable used sharps receptacle therein. The cabinet includes a passageway through which sharps may be deposited in the sharps receptacle. A single lock, double door design facilitates safe removal and disposal of sharps deposited in the sharps receptacle.
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- The present invention generally relates to containers for safely collecting, storing and transporting used hypodermic needles (sharps). The present invention specifically relates to safely collecting, storing and transporting used needles in non-traditional healthcare facilities, such as public non-healthcare settings.
- Disposal of sharps such as hypodermic needles in non-regulated settings is a tremendous public health safety problem. All used sharps are considered hazardous bio-medical waste as they contain body fluids which have the potential to transmit diseases to anyone exposed to them through a stick or open wound. Regulated businesses, such as medical facilities, generate used sharps in the routine provision of services. Such regulated businesses have developed stringent policy procedures for the safe collection and disposal of used sharps. As a result, regulated businesses routinely require and provide convenient access to sharps disposal containers within their facilities. Because of their potentially dangerous nature, particularly with present concerns regarding accidental transmittal of infectious diseases via contact with used needles, typical sharps disposal containers are designed not only to permit disposal but also to prevent unintentional contact with sharps deposited in the container. In regulated business settings disposal of sharps into containers is managed by trained professional staff to maximize safety.
- Unregulated businesses, however, generally do not have any developed policy procedures for the safe collection and disposal of used sharps, nor trained professionals to manage the disposal. Unlike regulated healthcare businesses, the disposal of sharps is not a direct result of services performed in a non-regulated business. Therefore, non-regulated businesses, including but not limited to, commercial, industrial and retail settings, are generally unprepared to safely collect and dispose of used sharps that may be generated on their premises. However, sharps are routinely used, disposed and found in non-regulated businesses. Approximately three percent (3%) of the U.S. population regularly self-inject prescription drugs using hypodermic needles. Often, self-injectors are away from home or a medical facility when a dose must be administered in non-regulated business settings and public places. In addition to legal self-injectors, an undetermined number of illicit drug users self-inject non-prescription drugs, also in public places. It is estimated that within the U.S. three billion used needles are disposed of annually in non-regulated settings and unsafely discarded into the public solid waste stream.
- The present growing trend of self-injecting and providing healthcare away from regulated medical facilities significantly increases the potential for inadvertent handling of, or accidental contact with, used sharps, particularly hypodermic needles, in public places. Used needles discarded by self-injectors expose the general population to sharps unmanaged by healthcare professionals and the potential for transmittal of diseases through contact with hypodermic needles contaminated with bloodborne pathogens. In recognition of the needs of such self-injectors, and to protect employees and business customers, many commercial, industrial and retail businesses are beginning to purchase sharps collection containers to dispose of sharps found on their premises.
- Sharps containers used in commercial, industrial and retail businesses are generally controlled and kept out of sight, and are used only when an employee finds a used hypodermic needle. Such an approach to safe guarding employees and customers from used sharps is reactive and inappropriate in that only the needles left in visible sight are captured by employees, who themselves are placed in a position of potential contact with hazardous bio-medical waste as they are required to retrieve used needles for disposal. It is widely known that the majority of used sharps disposed in public places are in open trash receptacles, exposing workers and the public to a dangerous health risk. Generally, non-regulated businesses in the commercial, industrial and retail sectors do not proactively provide self-injectors with a means of safely disposing of their used sharps.
- It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a sharps disposal system for use by self-injectors to safely dispose of their used sharps in such a manner where the container is safe, secure and is resistant to tampering by unauthorized individuals.
- It is another object of the invention to provide a safe public sharps collection system comprised of two individual components, a lockable steel permanent wall mounted cabinet to house the sharps container and a disposable sharps container contained within the cabinet which can be safely disposed of only by authorized personnel.
- It is another object of the invention to provide a secure wall mounted cabinet incorporating safety features including a sharps disposal conduit and single locking mechanism preventing unauthorized access, and a double door design to facilitate safe removal of the sharps container housed within the cabinet.
- In accordance with the present invention, a cabinet for safely collecting and storing medical sharps defines an enclosure for receiving a removable sharps collection container (receptacle) therein. A bracket securely retains the sharps receptacle within the cabinet. The cabinet includes a conduit depending downward from the top thereof. The conduit is open at both ends. The lower end of the conduit interfaces with the removable receptacle threreby forming a passageway for discarded sharps to enter the sharps receptacle. The cabinet includes a single lock, double door design facilitating safe removal of the sharps receptacle housed within the cabinet.
- So that the manner in which the above recited features, advantages and objects of the present invention are attained can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the invention, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to the embodiments thereof which are illustrated in the appended drawings.
- It is noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only typical embodiments of this invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope, for the invention may admit to other equally effective embodiments.
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FIG. 1 is a section view of a sharps disposal system in accordance with the present invention depicting the sharps disposal cabinet in an open condition; -
FIG. 2 is a partially broken away section view of the sharps disposal cabinet of the present invention taken along line 2-2 inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is a partially broken away section view of the sharps disposal cabinet and sharps receptacle of the present invention taken along line 3-3 inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 4 is a section view of a sharps disposal system in accordance with the present invention depicting the sharps disposal cabinet in a closed condition; -
FIG. 5 is a section view of the sharps disposal cabinet of the present invention taken along line 5-5 inFIG. 4 ; -
FIG. 6 is a partially broken away top plan view of the sharps receptacle housed in the sharps disposal cabinet of the present invention; and -
FIG. 7 is a partially broken away side view of the sharps receptacle housed in the sharps disposal cabinet of the present invention. - Referring first to
FIG. 1 , a sharps disposal system in accordance with the present invention includes a sharps disposal cabinet generally identified by thereference numeral 10. Thecabinet 10, fabricated of heavy gauge metal, includes a cabinet body formed bysidewalls 12, aback wall 13, abottom 14, atop access door 16 and a side orfront access door 17 which enclose aninterior chamber 18. Amounting bracket 20 supports thecabinet 10 on a mounting surface, such as a wall or other suitable surface. - A
sharps receptacle 22 is housed within thechamber 18 of thecabinet 10. Thereceptacle 22 is preferably fabricated of puncture resistant material and includes a main body defining a substantially box-like profile. The body of thereceptacle 22 includes an outwardly taperingportion 23 terminating in anupstanding lip 25 which circumscribes a circular opening forming the upper end of thereceptacle 22. The open upper end of thereceptacle 22 is closed by acircular lid 24. The planar surface of thelid 24 comprises a plurality of inwardly extending flexible tabs orfingers 30, as best shown inFIG. 2 . Thefingers 30 are connected to the circumferential edge of thelid 24 and extend radially inward toward the center of thelid 24. Thefingers 30 extend across the open end of thereceptacle 22 preventing the sharps deposited therein from spilling out when thereceptacle 22 is removed from thecabinet 10. A snap-oncover 26 connected to thelid 24 by aflexible tether 28 is stored within thecabinet 10 adjacent to thereceptacle 22 as shown inFIG. 2 . Upon removal of thereceptacle 22 from thecabinet 10 thecover 26 is snapped over thelid 24 thereby enclosing the discarded sharps therein for safe disposal. - Referring still to
FIG. 1 , thetop access door 16 of thecabinet 10 is secured to theback wall 13 thereof by ahinge 32. Thedoor 16 comprises a flat planar plate provided with a centrally locatedhole 34. A conduit, such as acylinder 36 or the like, depends downwardly from the bottom surface of thedoor 16. Thecylinder 36 is open at both ends. The proximal end of thecylinder 36 circumscribes thehole 34 and is welded or otherwise fixed to thedoor 16. Thedistal end 38 of thecylinder 36 projects into thechamber 18 of thecabinet 10 upon closure of theaccess door 16. Thecylinder 36 is sized in length and diameter to minimize placing unintended items into the sharps disposal system of the invention and to prevent getting a finger or hand down into thesharps receptacle 22. - Referring now to
FIG. 3 , thesharps receptacle 22 is shown housed within thechamber 18 of thecabinet 10. It is centrally located within thechamber 18 by acradle bracket 40 fixed to the bottom 14 of thecabinet 10. In a preferred embodiment, thecradle bracket 40 is three-sided with the open side located opposite theaccess door 17. Thebracket 40 is configured for frictionally engaging the bottom portion of thesharps receptacle 22 and positions thereceptacle 22 to interface with thecylinder 36 upon closure of thetop access door 16. It is understood that thebracket 40 may take the form of any suitable configuration for maintaining thesharps receptacle 22 within thecabinet 10 in cooperating alignment with thecylinder 36 depending downwardly from thetop access door 16. - Referring again
FIG. 1 , theaccess door 17 is secured to the bottom 14 of thecabinet 10 by ahinge 42. Theaccess door 17 comprises a flat planar plate havingflange members 50 extending inwardly therefrom along opposite edges of thedoor 17. Along it upper end, the top edge of thedoor 17 extends inwardly defining a flatfirst surface 52 perpendicular to thedoor 17 and the distal end thereof projects downwardly defining asecond surface 54 which is spaced from and parallel to the planar surface of theaccess door 17. - Structural reinforcement for the
cabinet 10 is provided byright angle flanges 56 which are fixed along thesidewalls 12 and offset inwardly from the leading edges of thesidewalls 12. Theflanges 56 are interconnected by across bar 58 extending across and connected to the upper ends of thesupport flanges 56. A lockingslot 60 is formed in thecross bar 58. Theslot 60 is shaped to match theslot 62 formed in thesurface 54 of the top edge of theaccess door 17. Upon closure of thedoor 17, thesurface 54 of theaccess door 17 is in facing contact with thecross bar 58 and thelock slots lock lever 64 of alock 66 mounted on thetop access door 16, as best shown inFIG. 4 . - Referring now to
FIGS. 4 and 5 , thecabinet 10 is mounted to a mounting surface by a mountingbracket 70. Thebracket 70 is substantially U-shaped in cross-section as shown inFIG. 5 . It includes aflat mounting plate 72 and mountingflanges 74 integrally formed therewith. Threaded posts 76 project from the mountingplate 72 and are received through corresponding holes formed in theback wall 13 of thecabinet 10.Wing nuts 78 secure thecabinet 10 to the mountingbracket 70. - So that the
cabinet 10 is not easily removed from its mounting surface, the width of the mountingplate 72 is less than the width of theback wall 13 of thecabinet 10 so that it overlaps the mountingflanges 74. Thus, the bolts which secure the mounting bracket 70 (not shown in the drawings) to the mounting surface are covered and not accessible when thecabinet 10 is secured to the mountingbracket 70. - Referring still to
FIG. 4 , when thecabinet 10 is locked and thesharps receptacle 22 is contained in thechamber 18 thereof, the distal end of thecylinder 36 engages theflexible fingers 30 of thelid 24 pushing them downwardly and thereby forming an unobstructed passageway to the interior of thesharps receptacle 22. Sharps dropped through thehole 34 in thetop access door 16 fall through thecylinder 36 into thesharps receptacle 22. The single lock, two door design of thecabinet 10 ensures that during removal of thereceptacle 22 from thecabinet 10, personnel performing the task do not at any time place their hand over the top opening in thesharps receptacle 22. When theaccess door 16 is opened, thecylinder 36 rotates upwardly out of the way and theflexible fingers 30 return to their original orientation closing the opening created by thecylinder 36 in thelid 24. Theaccess door 17 is opened and thereceptacle 22 removed from thecabinet 10 and thecover 26 is snapped over thelid 24 of thereceptacle 22, thereby enclosing the discarded sharps within thereceptacle 22 for safe delivery to a facility for safely destroying the discarded sharps. - The foregoing disclosure and description of the invention are illustrative and explanatory thereof, and various changes in the invention may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention, and the scope thereof is determined by the claims which follow.
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1. A sharps disposal system, comprising:
a) a substantially rigid cabinet defining an inner chamber;
b) a sharps receptacle contained within said cabinet;
c) a first access door pivotally secured to said cabinet;
d) a second access door pivotally connected to said cabinet; and
e) lock means for locking said cabinet.
2. The sharps disposal system of claim 1 including a conduit depending downwardly from said first access door interfacing with said sharps receptacle providing a passageway for sharps to be deposited into said sharps receptacle.
3. The sharps disposal system of claim 2 wherein said sharps receptacle includes a lid having segmented fingers extending radially inward toward the center of said lid.
4. The sharps disposal system of claim 1 including a bracket secured within said inner chamber of said cabinet, said bracket centrally retaining said sharps receptacle within said inner chamber of said cabinet.
5. The sharps disposal system of claim 1 wherein said lock means comprises a single locking mechanism mounted on said first access door, said locking mechanism simultaneous locking said first access door and said second access door of said cabinet.
6. The sharps disposal system of claim 1 including a mounting bracket for securing said cabinet to a mounting surface.
7. The sharps disposal system of claim 6 wherein said mounting bracket includes inwardly offset flange members for receiving mounting bolts therethrough for securing said mounting bracket to a mounting surface.
8. The sharps disposal system of claim 7 wherein said cabinet is releasably secured to said mounting bracket.
9. The sharps disposal system of claim 8 wherein said cabinet overlaps said flange members of said mounting bracket preventing access to said mounting bolts.
10. The sharps disposal system of claim 1 including a removable cover for sealing said sharps receptacle upon removal thereof from said cabinet.
11. A sharps disposal system, comprising:
a) a substantially rigid cabinet defining an inner chamber;
b) a sharps receptacle contained within said cabinet;
c) double door access means providing access to said inner chamber for collecting and disposing of sharps deposited in said sharps receptacle; and
d) lock means for locking said cabinet.
12. The sharps disposal system of claim 11 wherein said double door access means comprises a first access door forming the top of said cabinet and a second access door forming a side of said cabinet.
13. The sharps disposal system of claim 12 including a conduit depending downwardly from said first access door interfacing with said sharps receptacle providing a passageway for sharps to be deposited into said sharps receptacle.
14. The sharps disposal system of claim 11 including a mounting bracket for securing said cabinet to a mounting surface.
15. The sharps disposal system of claim 11 wherein said lock means comprises a single locking mechanism for simultaneous locking said first and second access doors of said cabinet.
16. The sharps disposal system of claim 111 including a removable cover for sealing said sharps receptacle upon removal thereof from said cabinet.
17. A sharps disposal system, comprising:
a) a substantially rigid cabinet defining an inner chamber;
b) a sharps receptacle retained within said cabinet, said sharps receptacle including a removable cover for sealing said sharps receptacle upon removal thereof from said cabinet;
c) double door access means providing access to said inner chamber for collecting and disposing of sharps deposited in said sharps receptacle
d) a second access door pivotally connected to said cabinet; and
e) a lock for locking said double door access means of said cabinet.
18. The sharps disposal system of claim 17 wherein said double door access means comprises a first access door forming the top of said cabinet and a second access door forming a side of said cabinet.
19. The sharps disposal system of claim 18 including a conduit depending downwardly from said first access door interfacing with said sharps receptacle providing a passageway for sharps to be deposited into said sharps receptacle.
20. The sharps disposal system of claim 19 including a mounting bracket for securing said cabinet to a mounting surface.
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