Bemis SharpSentinel 5-Quart Sharps Container

Yes, this sharps container features a highly secure, hands-free disposal mechanism designed for clinical safety. It uses a rotating cylinder top that allows sharps to be deposited without requiring any direct physical contact, significantly reducing the risk of accidental needlesticks. Additionally, the system employs a horizontal drop design to ensure maximum utilization of the container’s 5-quart capacity.

Yes, the Bemis SharpSentinel is specifically engineered to ensure maximum utilization of its 5-quart (4.8-liter) capacity for efficient sharps disposal.

• Horizontal Drop Design: This mechanism ensures sharps fall horizontally, preventing blockages and utilizing the internal space effectively to reach full capacity.
• Accommodation: The container can safely accommodate large items, including syringes up to 60cc.
• Fill Level Visibility: Both the container body and lid are translucent, allowing staff to easily monitor the fill level and prevent dangerous overfilling, maximizing safe usage.

Yes, clear fill level monitoring is a core safety feature of the Bemis SharpSentinel.

The container body and lid are constructed from translucent material, which allows staff to visually monitor the contents and identify the fill level in real-time. This design is crucial for enhancing safety and ensuring the container is replaced promptly, preventing overfilling and preparing it for secure final disposal.

Yes, the Bemis SharpSentinel 5-Quart Sharps Container is specifically engineered to support multiple common final disposal methods required in healthcare settings.

Once the container is full and securely locked for final disposal, the unit is constructed to allow for safe and compliant processing via:

• Autoclaving
• Incineration

This capability ensures safe handling and disposal of infectious sharps waste while adhering to standard clinical protocols.

Yes, the Bemis SharpSentinel 5-Quart container is available in several translucent colors. This feature allows facilities to align the containers with specific color-coding protocols for managing different waste streams.

The available translucent colors are:

• Translucent Red
• Translucent Beige
• Translucent Yellow

Yes, the Bemis SharpSentinel container is designed with visibility as a key safety feature.

• The translucent container body and lid enable staff to easily monitor the contents.
• This clear visual indicator helps prevent accidental overfilling, ensuring safer usage and compliance before the final disposal lock is secured.
• This feature is consistent across all translucent color variants (Red, Beige, and Yellow).

The Bemis SharpSentinel container provides a substantial 5-Quart (4.8 Liter) capacity, optimized for high-traffic clinical environments. The physical dimensions are 11 inches (Length) x 5.25 inches (Width) x 10 inches (Height).

Key design features related to capacity include:

• Maximum Utilization: The horizontal drop design optimizes the filling space, ensuring you get the most out of the 5-quart capacity.
• Accommodation: It safely handles sharps, including syringes up to 60cc.
• Storage: The containers are designed to be nestable when empty, minimizing required storage space.

Yes, the Bemis SharpSentinel 5-Quart Sharps Container is latex-free. This composition is crucial for healthcare environments as it minimizes the risk of allergic reactions for both staff and patients.

Yes, the Bemis SharpSentinel container offers versatile mounting options for secure and convenient placement in high-traffic areas like patient rooms, clinics, and physicians’ offices.

It is compatible with the following optional accessories (available separately) for stable installation:

• Mounting Bracket (#435) and Key (#440)
• SharpSentinel 5-Quart Wall Cabinet (#1051)

These accessories ensure the container can be placed securely and remain accessible.

Yes, the Bemis SharpSentinel is specifically designed for safe, hands-free disposal.

It features a specialized rotating cylinder top mechanism. This allows users to drop sharps into the container without requiring direct contact with the opening or the contents, significantly maximizing user safety in high-traffic clinical environments.