Infection Prevention
Reducing healthcare waste touchpoints within hospitals, and ensuring cleanliness in the waste journey to protect both patients and staff.
Reducing Cross-Contamination Risk
Cross-contamination risk is shaped by how waste is handled, stored, and moved throughout a facility. Sharpsmart’s containment systems are designed with non-porous, smooth surfaces that resist microbial build-up and support safer clinical environments.
After collection, each reusable container undergoes a rigorous robotic washing and quality-control process that exceeds the highest clinical decontamination standards for medical waste containers. By combining surface design with a methodical cleaning process, Sharpsmart helps hospitals reduce exposure risk and maintain confidence in reusable containment across every shift.
Infection Control Is Built Into the Waste Journey
Our approach to infection control is intentional and clinically led. From product design to education and data reporting, Sharpsmart works alongside staff to ensure that the safety of healthcare is always the number one priority.
- Hands-Free Disposal – Our innovative reusable containers enable hands-free disposal, eliminating hand contamination and reducing the risk of cross-contamination at the point of care.
- Point-of-Care Waste Management – Solutions such as Bag-to-Bed and Cartsmart ensure waste is disposed of safely at the bedside, reducing the need to carry waste through clinical areas. Waste is then promptly removed from the patient environment, supporting both infection control and patient safety.
- Off-Floor Storage – Secure mounting keeps containers away from floor-level contamination and high-risk surfaces.
- Fewer “Touches” – Our efficient systems and optimised segregation methods contribute to reduced waste volumes moving through your facility – minimising potential touchpoints.
- Sealed and Secure – Our safety-engineered containers are made of non-porous ABS plastic, restricting bacterial buildup and providing secure containment of infectious waste – minimising the risk of leaks and exposure during handling and transport.
- Robotic Washing – Our reusable containers undergo rigorous decontamination and sanitisation processes – achieving a 6-log bacterial load reduction before returning to your facility clean and fit for a clinical environment.
Engineered for Infection Control
See how every container we service is robotically washed and sanitised through our Washsmart process, achieving a 6-log bacterial load reduction that far exceeds international standards. By removing risk of cross-contamination at every stage, we safeguard staff, patients, and the integrity of the clinical environment.
Helpful Resources for Infection Prevention & Control
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How Healthcare Waste Management Can Impact Infection Control
A look at how healthcare waste management can impact infection control and how an optimised approach can reduce infection risk.
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Preventing Pathogen Spread in Clinical Waste Disposal
Discover essential actions to prevent the spread of pathogens in clinical waste disposal. Protect your facility today with these safe practices.
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Identifying Common Sources of Infection in Hospitals
Learn how to identify common sources of infection in hospitals, explore major transmission risks, and implement strategies to keep your facility safe.
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How Reusable Containers Break the Chain of Infection
A look at how reusable containers break the chain of infection and the peer-reviewed research that shows why transmission isn’t possible.
Fewer Touches.
Lower Exposure Risk.
Healthcare waste is often handled multiple times as it moves through a hospital. Each additional touch increases exposure risk for clinicians and domestic teams, especially when waste bags or contaminated surfaces are involved.
Sharpsmart designs containment and movement systems that reduce unnecessary handling at every step. Secure mounting keeps containers off floors and high-risk surfaces. Our transporters eliminate double-stacking and manual bag transfers. By minimising contact with unclean surfaces and reducing waste ‘touches’ from the point of care to the waste compound, we help hospitals reduce cross-contamination risk and protect staff throughout the waste journey.
Build a Lower-Risk Waste Flow
When you reduce touches, standardise how waste moves, and rely on clinically-designed systems that go above-and-beyond sanitisation requirements with high-level disinfection, infection prevention gets easier to sustain across every unit.