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Old 09-04-2021, 02:51 PM
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While this may be an issue, it is totally not surprising that the Villages declines to have Sharps containers. There are lots of rule about them and they must be disposed of as regulated medical waste, not thrown in the regular trash. All their staff and cleaning companies would need to be trained in biohazards with the required course repeated annually and all be vaccinated against Hep B. A company that handles medical waste would have to be hired to pick up the sharps container.
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