Health and safety in the laboratory and field

## 7.7 Physical hazards

### 8 Biological health and safety

# 8.1 Syringes and sharps

- Observe good laboratory practice by wearing gloves; latex or nitrile gloves are best.

- Do not re-sheath needles or sharps unless unavoidable due to the nature of the work.

- Remove scalpel blades with a specific scalpel-blade-removing tool.

- Dispose of all syringes and sharps in designated containers (labelled ‘sharps’); when these are full they should be taken for commercial disposal by incineration.

Figure 13 Sharps box
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