Syringe disposal in Florida

[Celia]

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]

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]

Do all onsite Disney hotels have sharps containers? If so, is there a charge for them?

 

[lisapooh]

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]

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]

Leave it in the room and housekeeping will dispose of it.

 

[cbrfan]

Great! Thanks for all the help.