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| 118 | * '''Rigid opaque detergent containers with screw closures''' are the substitute most often tolerated in guidance where no alternative exists, on the grounds that they satisfy puncture resistance and closure even though they satisfy neither labelling nor aperture requirements.{{r|fda_sharps,htm0701}} | 118 | * '''Rigid opaque detergent containers with screw closures''' are the substitute most often tolerated in guidance where no alternative exists, on the grounds that they satisfy puncture resistance and closure even though they satisfy neither labelling nor aperture requirements.{{r|fda_sharps,htm0701}} |
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| + | 120 | Guidance documents differ on whether to describe substitutes at all. The argument against is that describing them normalises non-compliant practice; the argument in favour is that the alternative in practice is not a compliant container but loose sharps in a bag. Public-health guidance addressed to people who inject drugs has generally taken the second position, on harm-reduction grounds, and this is the framing under which the topic is treated at [[Peptide harm reduction]].{{r|who2015sharps}} | |
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| 120 | == References == | 122 | == References == |
| 121 | {{reflist}} | 123 | {{reflist}} |
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| 134 | * World Health Organization. ''WHO Best Practices for Injections and Related Procedures Toolkit''. Geneva (2010). | 136 | * World Health Organization. ''WHO Best Practices for Injections and Related Procedures Toolkit''. Geneva (2010). |
| 135 | * Prüss-Üstün A, Rapiti E, Hutin Y. "Estimation of the global burden of disease attributable to contaminated sharps injuries among health-care workers." ''American Journal of Industrial Medicine'' 48(6):482–490 (2005). | 137 | * Prüss-Üstün A, Rapiti E, Hutin Y. "Estimation of the global burden of disease attributable to contaminated sharps injuries among health-care workers." ''American Journal of Industrial Medicine'' 48(6):482–490 (2005). |
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| + | 139 | == External links == | |
| + | 140 | * [https://www.iso.org/ ISO 23907-1 (catalogue entry)] — Performance requirements and test methods for single-use sharps containers. | |
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| 137 | == See also == | 142 | == See also == |