Disposal of bottles, syringes and needles

Garth Pig Stockmanship Standards

Section: Stockmanship Standards

To fulfil current UK COSHH requirements the following recommendations are made:

Disposal of bottles, syringes and needles
Needles
1	All needles and scalpel blades must be disposed of in a Sharps bin which should be stored in the medicine storage area.
2	Once full, the Sharps bin can be returned to the veterinarian. However, the Sharps bin must be sealed with the name of the farm clearly labelled on the side.
3	No plastics (including syringes) or glass should be placed in the Sharps bin.
Syringes
1	All used syringes must be disposed of by placing in a plastic bag held in the medicine storage area. The bag should be clearly labelled "Used syringes only".
2	Used or expired plastic medicine bottles can be disposed of through the "Used syringe bag".
3	Do not place needles or glass in the "used syringe bag".
4	The bag of used syringes can be disposed of through the veterinarian
5	The plastic syringe cases can be disposed through the routine refuse collection service.
Medicine Bottles
1	All used and expired glass medicine bottles should be disposed of by placing in a separate bag labelled "Medicine bottles".
2	Do not place needles or syringes in the "Medicine bottles" bag.
3	Bottles of prostaglandin (Planate^TM, Lutalyse^TM or Estrumate^TM) must be returned to the veterinarian separately not through the routine glass disposal system.
4	Once half full the medicine bottle bag can be disposed of through your vet.

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Extracted from Garth Pig Stockmanship Standards*
written by Dr John Carr.

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