Our Clinical Approach
With solutions designed to minimise infection risk, reduce patient interruptions and align safety and sustainability goals of UK healthcare, we take a very different clinical approach to healthcare waste management
Poor Waste Segregation
Poor Hygiene
Hand hygiene and pathogen transfer risk with dirty hand-operated containers
Increasing Safety Risks
Containers without safety mechanisms giving rise to increased needlestick injuries and occupational hazards
High Landfill & CO2 Output
Landfill and CO2 emission burden of excess disposable plastic in sharps and clinical waste streams
Space & Storage Restrictions
Space and storage restrictions encouraging poor container placement and posing an occupational risk within the facility and the hospital’s waste compound
Lack of Traceability
Lack of disposal and waste tracking visibility leading to unmeasured cost inflations and compliance risks
The Sharpsmart Difference
Healthcare Waste Management cost efficiencies are derived from the successful deployment of five key elements.
At Sharpsmart we work closely with our customers to ensure that all healthcare staff are protected, trained and equipped, that the facilities’ risk profile is managed, and that costs associated with the handling of healthcare waste are minimised. Learn more about how Sharpsmart engages these five key elements to deliver cost-savings, safety, compliance, segregation and labour efficiencies to healthcare facilities across the United Kingdom.
Safety
The Sharpsmart Difference
Our highest commitment is safety; through intelligent products, systemised solutions and bespoke training, we work with our customers to reduce needlestick injuries and bloodborne pathogen exposure, minimise infection transfer risk, and provide solutions that protect the safety of staff and patients.
Sustainability
The Sharpsmart Difference
Our reusable products and environmentally responsible treatment services are designed to increase segregation accuracy, reduce CO2 burden and minimise waste volumes going to landfill. Through waste mapping, auditing and environmentally graded solutions, we work with our customers to achieve the highest green ratings.
Efficiency
The Sharpsmart Difference
Sharpsmart optimises the efficiencies of healthcare environments through smart products, point-of-use solutions, process re-engineering and redefined waste handling methodologies. Significantly reducing labour through point-of-use bagless containment systems, wall mounting accessories and logistical solutions, our customised services guarantee optimised time and movement efficiencies and optimised costs.
Compliance
The Sharpsmart Difference
Experts in the regulatory complexities governing the healthcare sector, we position ourselves as an astute partner delivering expert guidance and compliant solutions to our customers. All Sharpsmart solutions are vetted against federal, provincial and municipal regulations and executed through waste plans and training to achieve optimised safety and compliance.
Education
The Sharpsmart Difference
Our ongoing commitment to educate staff within healthcare ensures that together we achieve greater safety awareness and drive behavioural change in waste management, segregation, compliance and best practice management. Through onsite training, educational material and module-based e-learning, we ensure all healthcare staff are trained and compliance certified.
We want to know your challenges
You may be surprised by some of the questions we ask, it’s not “how much waste volume do we need to pick up” or “how big is your waste compound”. The first questions are what your goals are and how we partner to serve them.
We have skin in the game from the start
When we shake hands, it’s a partnership and all of us, from our sales staff to clinical educators and operational logistics, hold ourselves accountable to driving successful KPI’s and site-based outcomes for your facility.
Drive change where the action is
Change doesn’t happen in an office over a negotiating table, it’s in the clinical environment when we walk the wards, talk to clinicians and understand real factors that drive cost increases and occupational risks.
Safety & Sustainability are key
Sharpsmart is the only sharps container peer reviewed in the world’s leading medical journals, and we have been internationally recognised for our CO2 emissions reductions in UK healthcare facilities.
Clinical outcomes are at the core of everything we do.
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Research Articles
All of our solutions are backed by science and clinical research, we don’t take our responsibility as “industry experts” lightly.
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Blog
Learn about the latest regulation changes and solutions that can drive safety, environmental and clinical outcomes in your healthcare facility
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Case Studies
Learn how we have partnered with countless healthcare facilities to dramatically improve their safety profile and drive cost, waste and CO2 burden reduction.
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Green Apple Awards
Time and time again Sharpsmart have received the prestigious Green Apple Award for our commitment to environmental sustainability
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Testimonials
Partnership is not just about transactional outcomes, it’s about service, results, and experience. Hear what our customers have to say about working with us.
Let’s Talk!
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