Multipurpose Sharps Container - Locking Medical Waste Disposal for Restricted Access Areas

Multipurpose Sharps Container - Safe, Secure Medical Waste Disposal for Restricted Access Environments

Engineered specifically for use in restricted access areas, exam rooms, patient care spaces, and locations where counter space is limited, this multipurpose sharps container delivers reliable, safe disposal of needles, syringes, lancets, and other sharp medical instruments. Designed with healthcare worker safety and regulatory compliance as top priorities, this container provides secure containment of potentially infectious sharps waste while offering convenient features that enhance usability, reduce storage costs, and support efficient waste management protocols across diverse healthcare settings.

Secure Locking Mechanism for Final Disposal and Safe Transport

The integrated locking system provides permanent, tamper-resistant closure when the container reaches capacity, ensuring that disposed sharps cannot be accessed, retrieved, or accidentally spilled during handling, transport, or final disposal. This secure locking feature is essential for maintaining safety during the critical transition from point-of-use to final waste processing, protecting healthcare workers, environmental services staff, waste haulers, and disposal facility personnel from needlestick injuries and exposure to potentially infectious materials.

Once locked, the container remains permanently sealed, preventing unauthorized access and ensuring compliance with OSHA bloodborne pathogen standards, EPA medical waste regulations, and state-specific sharps disposal requirements. The reliable locking mechanism activates with a simple, intuitive motion that requires no tools or special training, enabling quick, confident closure when containers are full and ready for removal from service.

Space-Saving Nestable Design Reduces Storage and Shipping Costs

The innovative nestable container design allows multiple empty units to stack compactly inside one another, dramatically reducing the storage footprint required for sharps container inventory. This space-efficient nesting capability is particularly valuable for healthcare facilities with limited storage areas, enabling you to maintain adequate sharps container supplies without dedicating excessive shelf space or storage room capacity to bulky, non-nested containers.

The nestable design also delivers significant shipping cost savings by reducing the cubic volume of container shipments. More units can be transported per box or pallet, lowering freight costs, reducing packaging waste, and minimizing the environmental impact of container distribution. For multi-location healthcare organizations or facilities that order sharps containers in bulk, these shipping efficiencies translate to meaningful cost reductions over time.

Non-Tortuous Lid Design Accommodates Variety of Sharps Sizes

Unlike containers with complex, restrictive lid openings that can cause sharps to bounce back or require precise positioning, this multipurpose container features a non-tortuous lid design with a straightforward opening configuration that easily accommodates sharps of various sizes, shapes, and lengths. The user-friendly opening accepts everything from small lancets and insulin syringes to larger needles, blood collection sets, and other sharp medical devices without requiring healthcare workers to struggle with difficult insertion angles or worry about sharps bouncing out of narrow openings.

This accommodating lid design enhances safety by reducing the time and effort required to dispose of sharps, minimizing the duration that healthcare workers must handle contaminated sharp instruments. The generous, accessible opening also reduces frustration and improves compliance with proper sharps disposal protocols, as staff members can quickly and confidently dispose of sharps without the delays or difficulties associated with restrictive lid configurations.

Wall-Mountable for Counter Space Optimization

While wall-mounting brackets are available separately, this sharps container is specifically designed to integrate with mounting systems that free up valuable counter space in exam rooms, treatment areas, patient rooms, and other clinical environments where work surface area is at a premium. Wall-mounting positions sharps containers at convenient, ergonomic heights for healthcare workers while keeping disposal access readily available at the point of use, encouraging immediate disposal and reducing the risk of accidental needlestick injuries from sharps left on counters or procedure trays.

The wall-mounted configuration also improves infection control by eliminating sharps containers from countertops where they might contact clean supplies or sterile fields, and it enhances room aesthetics by creating a more organized, professional appearance in patient care areas.

Key Features & Safety Benefits:

• Secure Permanent Locking System: Integrated locking mechanism provides tamper-resistant, permanent closure for final disposal and safe transport. Once locked, containers cannot be reopened, preventing unauthorized access to contaminated sharps and ensuring compliance with medical waste regulations and safety standards
• Nestable Space-Saving Design: Innovative nesting capability allows multiple empty containers to stack compactly inside one another, reducing storage space requirements by up to 75% compared to non-nestable designs. This space efficiency is ideal for facilities with limited storage capacity and enables cost-effective bulk purchasing
• Reduced Shipping Costs: Nestable design dramatically decreases shipping volume, allowing more containers per shipment and reducing freight costs. Lower transportation costs translate to better value and reduced environmental impact from shipping activities
• Non-Tortuous Lid Opening: User-friendly lid design with straightforward opening configuration easily accommodates sharps of various sizes, shapes, and lengths without requiring precise positioning or causing sharps to bounce back. This accessible design enhances safety and improves disposal compliance
• Multipurpose Sharps Disposal: Accepts needles, syringes, lancets, blood collection devices, scalpel blades, and other sharp medical instruments, providing versatile disposal capability for diverse clinical applications and procedures
• Designed for Restricted Access Areas: Optimized for use in exam rooms, patient care areas, treatment rooms, and other locations where space is limited and convenient sharps disposal is essential for safety and workflow efficiency
• Wall-Mounting Compatible: Designed to work with separately available wall-mounting brackets that free up counter space, position containers at ergonomic heights, and improve room organization. Wall-mounting enhances safety by keeping sharps disposal readily accessible at point of use
• Puncture-Resistant Construction: Durable, rigid plastic construction resists punctures from disposed sharps, maintaining container integrity throughout the fill period and preventing leaks or sharps protrusion that could cause injuries
• Clear Fill-Level Indicators: Visual markings help healthcare workers monitor container capacity and ensure timely replacement before overfilling occurs, maintaining safety and regulatory compliance
• Multiple Size and Color Options Available: Offered in various volume capacities and color options to meet different facility needs, disposal volumes, and color-coding systems for waste segregation or departmental organization
• Regulatory Compliance Support: Designed to help facilities meet OSHA bloodborne pathogen standards, EPA medical waste regulations, and state-specific sharps disposal requirements, supporting your infection control and safety programs
• Cost-Effective Sharps Management: Competitive pricing combined with space-saving storage, reduced shipping costs, and reliable performance makes this an economical choice for healthcare facilities seeking to optimize sharps disposal costs while maintaining the highest safety standards

Ideal Applications & Healthcare Settings:

Perfect for hospitals, clinics, physician offices, urgent care centers, dental practices, veterinary facilities, long-term care facilities, home healthcare, dialysis centers, infusion centers, laboratories, blood collection facilities, pharmacies, and any healthcare environment requiring safe, convenient disposal of needles, syringes, lancets, and other sharp medical instruments.

Trust this multipurpose sharps container to deliver the safety, convenience, and regulatory compliance your facility demands. With secure locking, space-saving nestable design, and user-friendly features, this container provides reliable sharps disposal that protects healthcare workers and supports efficient waste management operations.

Multipurpose sharps container | Locking lid for final disposal | Nestable design | Non-tortuous opening | Wall-mountable (brackets sold separately) | Puncture-resistant | Multiple sizes and colors available | OSHA compliant | MPN: MDS705201