Knowledge Centre

Knowledge Centre

As a clinical partner, we want to empower you to provide a safer environment for your staff, greater waste segregation outcomes for lower environmental impact, and a more efficient workflow. To do this, we have compiled some of our best resources to help you achieve safety in sharps handling and optimised clinical waste management within your facility. 

Sharps container overfilling? No more!

Sharps Container Overfilling? No more!

Sharps container overfilling is a significant occupational risk to healthcare workers...

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The Life Journey of Our Reusable Sharps Containers

Where do reusable sharps containers come from? What happens to them when they’re fini...

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A Guide to Understanding Healthcare Waste

Healthcare waste and clinical waste are the same thing, right? Anyway, isn’t all hosp...

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What is the Waste Hierarchy?

The fundamentals of the waste hierarchy, how it works, and why it’s an important tool...

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Case Study: Healthcare Waste Management

For over 20 years, Sharpsmart has been a trusted NHS partner known for developing inn...

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How Reusable Containers Break the Chain of Infection

When it comes to reusable items and products for the healthcare environment, infectio...

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How Healthcare Waste Management Can Impact Infection Control

In this blog, we’ll be taking a look at how healthcare waste management can impact in...

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A Change to POPs Regulations: Everything You Need to Know

All items containing POPs should be treated as a separate waste stream and sent for i...

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