Sharps Program
Used hypodermic needles and blood test lancets (sharps) can cause injury and are a threat to the custodial staff and the environment if they are not disposed of properly. The Sharps Program encourages residents to separate sharps from other trash and dispose of them in the designated disposal site in their hall or apartment community. Hazardous materials personnel empty these sites periodically.
Sharps Disposal
Collection envelopes help prevent needle stick injuries. You can obtain reusable sharps collection envelopes at your Community Center. Each envelope will hold approximately ten sharps. The envelopes will not fit in the collection containers and should be opened to allow the sharps to flow directly from the envelope into the collection containers. Walking with unrestricted sharps poses a danger to you, as well as others, due to the potential for needle stick injuries, so always use your envelopes.
Sharps Collection Sites
The following is a summary of the Sharps collection sites. Please look for the red box and off-white label.
| Building | Site Location |
|---|---|
Alice Lloyd | Basement laundry room |
Baits | Coman House laundry room |
Betsy Barbour | Basement laundry room Main dining room near dish return |
Bursley Hall | 2nd floor laundry rooms in the East and West wings West dining room by dish return Dish room |
Couzens Hall | Basement laundry room |
Fletcher | Basement laundry room |
Helen Newberry | Basement laundry room |
Lawyers Club | Main building laundry room |
Mary Markley | Off dining room in dish return area Laundry room near loading dock, across from BFM Office |
Martha Cook | Student laundry room |
Mosher-Jordan | Mosher side laundry room Hill Dining Center Marketplace by dish return |
Northwood Community Center | Lobby near the vending machines |
North Quad | Laundry room 3184 Dining room by dish return |
Northwood | Community Center lobby, near the vending machines |
Oxford Housing | Goddard House in bathroom at Twigs Vandenburg House in bathroom of Community Center |
South Quad | East lobby below mailboxes One in each dining room by dish returns |
Stockwell | Room 1002; ground floor laundry room |
West Quad | Main floor laundry room East and west dining rooms near dish returns |
To learn more, contact Housing's OSEH representative at 734.763.5641 or your Hall Director.
