Discarded Needles (Sharps) Training
Do you or your colleagues risk coming into contact with discarded needles (sharps)?
- Contact with discarded needles (sharps) can lead to serious, or even fatal, infection with Blood Borne Viruses such as Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C or HIV.
- These viruses can survive in minute quantities of dried blood, as well as liquid blood.
- A needle which appears "clean" to the eye could still be infected.
- According to a report by the Police Superintendents' Association in 2003, tests on discarded needles found that 10% carried hepatitis strains B and C.
We offer sharps training to raise the awareness of the problem and to demonstrate straightforward ways of developing safer working practices.
These courses have been approved by the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management and contribute towards the Institution's Graduate Structured Education and Training Programme, or Continuing Professional Development.
We have worked with numerous local authorities, housing associations and private contractors, many of whom have come back to us time and time again. Please feel free to contact us for references.
...As a safety professional responsible for our home maintenance and clearance teams, I was keen to ensure that all our staff that could potentially be exposed to needles, recieved suitable sharps training. Having searched for a suitable provider we decided to use Apropos. I attended the first course as a verifier and found the information given relative to our operations (as requested), delivered in an easy to understand, interactive manner that kept the operatives switched on. We now use Apropos for all our needlestick training. In the last 12 months more than 120 operatives have attended the course and feedback from staff has been excellent...
–Steve Gregson MIOSH Dip2.OSH, Health and Safety Advisor, Places for People
Click on the links below to find out more about the workshop best suited to your needs.
- The Awareness and Practical Handling of Discarded Needles (Sharps) and Drug Related Waste
A one day training session, particularly useful for people who are required to deal with needles (sharps) and / or work in environments where discarded needles are frequently found.
- The Awareness and Management of Discarded Needles (Sharps) and Drug Related Waste
A half day training session, particularly useful for managers, supervisors, staff and workers whose duties include organising or performing tasks for dealing with waste that may contain discarded needles (sharps), or activities where injecting drug users might be present.
