Wall Mounted Inside / Outside Needle Disposal Cabinets.

All wall mounted inside or outside needle exchange cabinets holds one 5 litre sharpsbins / burnbins and also stores the plastic lid of the sharps bin for operator convenience.

These bins comply with U.N. Packing Group ll approval standard.

View inside the wall mounted sharps disposal bin. The door swings down well out of the way for easy access into the cabinet.

 If required we can also supply the health and safety approved 5 litre plastic sharps bins as well which is also useful when using the product as a drop off key safe.

Sharps wall mounted disposal cabinet construction features:

*Fully welded construction to meet the tough demands of day to day working environment.

*All sharps bin cabinets are manufactured from tough 18 gauge steel.

* The door is recessed into the cabinet to stop tampering.

*Tough heavy duty welded hinges  fitted internally to stop tampering.

*Tough industrial powder coat paint finish in white inside and out. Other colours available at extra cost. Please ask for details.

*Supplied with wall fixings.

Product code WNE1.  £125.00p each + £15.00p delivery charge.

Discounts available for larger quantities.

All prices exclude VAT.

*Secure, safe and easy to use*

This sharps cabinet reduces the risk of needle stick injuries.

Observations on an amnesty Drug Dump scheme using the safe drug disposal cabinets.

During the time of the field testing period, an Essex District Council requested the use of the "letterbox bins" as they referred to them. The council were organizing a Drug Dump Week where the general public could hand in any drug paraphernalia including sharps, old medicines, drugs etc. Around the area, various collecting points were set up to receive the items. Most of the collection points involved the handing in of medicines etc., over the counter to a pharmacist or GP receptionist. However, at some of the drop off points, the Drug collection bins were used. At these points the rate of returns was far greater. Please see comparison table below Fig.1.

Conclusions drawn from this experiment were as follows:

1. The public was more receptive to using the letterbox cabinet, than giving drug paraphernalia over the counter. This method was confidential and anonymous in use.

2. Pharmacist and GP surgeries preferred the drug bin usage as it freed up an already busy staff.

3. The fronts of the amnesty bins allowed for publicity materials to be displayed to highlight the purpose of the scheme. The advertising material and the drug bin together gave a self explanatory focal point for the disposal of drugs etc.

 

Fig.1  Table of returns, showing the comparison between over the counter deposits and the use of drug receptacle bins in a recent drug amnesty campaign.
	Over the counter	Drug Collection Bins
Number of locations	9	4
Kilograms deposited	14.6kg	18.6kg

As can be seen above, the cabinet is easy to use but also secure. The unique swing counter balance design, keeps the loading hatch in a normally closed position. Inside the needle cabinet, a baffle is fitted which is also a visible deterrent to stop persons trying to retrieve contents and facilitates a one way loading system which stops tampering.