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- Weight: 12.65 lb
- Convenient, vertical point first drop, these collectors are preassembled and offer a patented one-way funnel valve to help prevent needle sticks and overfilling. Red.
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Frequently asked questions
Are the sharps collectors made from durable plastic?
The BD Multi-Use Sharps Collectors are designed for maximum safety and containment, featuring rigid, durable construction typical of clinical-grade disposal units. While the exact material type is not specified, the containers are robust and designed to ensure integrity during use.
Key benefits of the durable design include:
- Puncture Resistance: The rigid, one-piece structure is engineered to safely contain used medical sharps, drastically minimizing the risk of accidental punctures or leaks.
- Enhanced Safety: The robust design works in conjunction with the patented one-way funnel valve. This mechanism facilitates a vertical, point-first drop and helps prevent needlestick injuries and overfilling.
- Immediate Use: For convenience, all collectors are supplied preassembled, ready for immediate deployment in clinical or laboratory environments.
Are these sharps collectors preassembled?
Yes, these sharps collectors are preassembled for your convenience. They are ready to use right out of the box, saving you time and effort in setting them up.
Does the patented funnel valve prevent painful needlesticks?
Yes, the BD Multi-Use Sharps Collectors are specifically designed for enhanced safety, featuring a patented one-way funnel valve.
This crucial safety mechanism is engineered to perform multiple critical functions:
- Needlestick Prevention: The one-way design actively helps to prevent accidental and painful needlesticks during the disposal process by restricting access to the container contents.
- Overfilling Minimization: The valve design helps minimize the risk of exceeding safe fill levels, ensuring safer operations.
- Secure Sharps Insertion: It facilitates a convenient and secure vertical point-first drop of sharps.
These collectors are also one-piece, preassembled units, ready for immediate use upon receipt, which saves preparation time.
Is the sharps collector designed to prevent overfilling?
Yes, the BD Multi-Use One-Piece Sharps Collectors are specifically designed with features to ensure safe sharps disposal and actively prevent overfilling.
Key design elements include:
- Patented One-Way Funnel Valve: This specialized valve facilitates the vertical, point-first drop of sharps while preventing hands from coming into contact with the disposed materials.
- Overfilling Mitigation: The design incorporates mechanisms that minimize the risk of exceeding safe fill levels, ensuring the container can be safely closed and handled when full. This complements the primary function of preventing accidental needlesticks.
Does the vertical drop improve safety?
Yes, the vertical point-first drop is a key safety feature of the BD Sharps Collectors. This design ensures convenient and secure insertion, guiding the sharp vertically into the container. This mechanism works alongside the patented one-way funnel valve, which is engineered to actively help prevent accidental needlesticks and minimize the risk of overfilling the container.
Are these safety collectors suitable for clinical use?
Yes, these BD Multi-Use One-Piece Sharps Collectors are essential equipment designed for safe, regulated disposal in environments generating biohazardous sharps waste.They are ideal for use in:* Clinical Settings: Hospitals, clinics, and outpatient facilities.* Laboratories: For scientific sharps disposal.* Healthcare Facilities: Any environment requiring compliance with sharps disposal regulations.The containers feature a high-visibility red body—standard for biohazard containment—and come preassembled for immediate deployment. Their patented one-way funnel valve further enhances safety by mitigating needlestick injuries and preventing overfilling.
What are the available container capacities?
The BD Multi-Use Sharps Collectors are available in a wide range of capacities to meet diverse clinical needs, from point-of-care to high-volume departments.
Available sizes include:
- Small: 1.4 Quarts (Qt) and 3.3 Quarts (Qt)
- Medium: 6.9 Quarts (Qt) and 8.2 Quarts (Qt)
- X-Large: 5 Gallons
Some larger configurations, such as the 5 Gallon size, are also available with specialized tops, including Open Top for maximum accessibility or Large Funnel designs for secure disposal of wider sharps items.
What capacity options are available for sharps disposal?
Yes, these BD Multi-Use Sharps Collectors are offered in a broad range of capacities to meet diverse clinical and high-volume disposal needs. The durable, one-piece, preassembled design ensures immediate usability and safe containment for regulated medical waste.
Available Capacities
Collectors are available across three main size categories:
- Small: 1.4 Quart (Qt) and 3.3 Qt
- Medium: 6.9 Qt and 8.2 Qt
- X-Large: 5 Gallon
Configuration Options
While all standard sizes feature the patented one-way funnel valve (designed to minimize needlestick risk and prevent retrieval of contents), the 5 Gallon X-Large size also provides specialized configuration options:
- Large Funnel
- Open Top
Is a patented one-way funnel valve included?
Yes, these BD Multi-Use One-Piece Sharps Collectors feature a patented one-way funnel valve, which is a critical safety component designed for secure disposal and compliance.
Key benefits of this design include:
- Needlestick Prevention: The valve is engineered to actively help prevent painful needlesticks during the disposal process.
- Overfilling Prevention: The design incorporates features to minimize the risk of exceeding safe fill levels.
- Secure Insertion: It facilitates a convenient and secure vertical point-first drop of used sharps.
- Immediate Use: The collectors are supplied as convenient, preassembled units, ready for immediate deployment.
Do the collectors come in varying case quantities?
Yes, the BD Multi-Use Sharps Collectors are packaged in varying case quantities to accommodate different volume needs, depending on the size of the container.
Case quantities can range widely, including:
- 8 units per case (often for the largest capacities, such as the 5 Gallon collector)
- 12 or 24 units per case (common for medium capacities)
- 36 units per case (typical for the smallest capacities, such as 1.4 Qt)
All collectors are provided Factory New and arrive preassembled and ready for immediate use. They include the patented one-way funnel valve, which is designed to reduce the risk of needlesticks during disposal.
Bd Multi-Use One-Piece Sharps Collectors