
What Are the EWC Codes for Healthcare Waste?
Understanding the EWC Codes for healthcare waste will enable you to correctly identify and classify each waste type.

The Healthcare Workers’ Waste Management Checklist
Have you ever stopped to wonder if you’re managing your healthcare waste correctly? Remove the mystery with our healthcare waste […]

Who Is Affected by Improper Clinical Waste Disposal?
Improper clinical waste disposal doesn’t just create inconvenience. It creates risk. When an item ends up in the wrong bin […]

Single-Use Plastic Reduction Strategies for Healthcare
How reusable sharps containers can reduce single-use plastics in the NHS and make it a more sustainable, cost-effective, and safer system for staff and patients.

Sharpsmart Spotlight: Guy Wing
From wedding day Elvis impersonations to moving to China following a rather suspicious job advertisement on an online forum, this […]

Is All Sharps Waste Incinerated?
You know that horrible moment you realise you’ve burnt the family dinner? That’s nothing compared to burning all of your […]

Strategies and Resources for Needlestick Injury Prevention
Needlestick injuries come with a cost – both a financial cost and a human cost. Here are some helpful resources for preventing needlestick injuries.

Sharpsmart Spotlight: Amber Marshall
Would you rather go tobogganing down the Great Wall of China, or brave the outside of the cage whilst shark […]

The True Cost of a Needlestick Injury
Needlestick injuries in the UK are rising at an exponential rates, there is both a human cost and a resource cost associated with the increase in sharps injuries

Meet the Reusable Sharps Container That Set the UK ISO Standard
The question used to be: ‘Should I choose a single-use sharps container or a reusable?’ But as more reusable sharps […]

A Healthcare Overview of the New Procurement Act
Does the new Procurement Act simplify procurement and purchasing within healthcare, or make it more complex? Join us as we […]

Managing Liquid Waste Disposal in Healthcare – A Compliant Approach
Have you ever been tempted to dispose of an item without draining or solidifying the liquid contents first? It may […]