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Celia
11-20-2001, 11:28 AM
What are state laws for syringe disposal in Florida? I do not want to bring my dirty syringes home.
Specifically, can I tape up my puncture proof container and put it in trash or do I need to bring it to a medical facility for special disposal?

Thank you in advance for your response.

Celia
lisapooh
11-20-2001, 02:36 PM
If you are staying onsite ask housekeeping for a sharps container. They will bring it and you just leave it in the room when you check out and they take care of the disposal. At home I use a sharps container but have used a plastic bottle and sealed it after with duct tape and tossed it in the trash. I really don't know the actaul law. My docs have never mentioned any special method nor has the pharmacy and I have been on insulin for 23 years now.
cbrfan
11-20-2001, 05:25 PM
Do all onsite Disney hotels have sharps containers? If so, is there a charge for them?
lisapooh
11-20-2001, 05:54 PM
Never been charged and each hotel I have requested them from housekeeping has had them. A few times I didn't even have time to request. The housekeeper noticed the insulin vials and just put it in the room.
cbrfan
11-20-2001, 07:50 PM
This will be my SIL's first travel experience since her MS diagnosis, so the sharps thing is a new experience for all of us. How do we dispose of the sharps container?
lisapooh
11-20-2001, 08:39 PM
Leave it in the room and housekeeping will dispose of it.
cbrfan
11-21-2001, 08:07 AM
Great! Thanks for all the help.