Sharps definition

Sharps means hypodermic needles, hypodermic syringes, blades, broken glass, and any devices, instruments or other objects which have acute rigid corners, edges or protuberances.
Sharps means any objects (sterile or contaminated) that may purposefully or accidentally cut or penetrate the skin or mucosa, including, but not limited to, pre-sterilized, single-use needles; scalpel blades; and razor blades.
Sharps means that term as defined in section 13807 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.13807.

Examples of Sharps in a sentence

  • Sharps and Brief Rhythmic Discharges Interrater agreement for presence of physiologic negative sharp waves was poor, but did not achieve statistical significance (κ= 0.069, p=0.18).


More Definitions of Sharps

Sharps means and includes needles, syringes, and scalpel blades.
Sharps means needles, syringes, scalpels, and intravenous tubing with needles attached.
Sharps means any object contaminated with a pathogen or that may become contaminated with a pathogen through handling or during transportation and also capable of cutting or penetrating skin or a packaging material. Sharps includes needles, syringes, scalpels, broken glass, culture slides, culture dishes, broken capillary tubes, broken rigid plastic, and exposed ends of dental wires.
Sharps means any object that may purposefully or accidentally cut or penetrate the skin or mucosa including, but not limited to, pre-sterilized, single use needles, and razor blades.
Sharps means any object contami- nated with a pathogen or that may be- come contaminated with a pathogen through handling or during transpor- tation and also capable of cutting or penetrating skin or a packaging mate- rial. Sharps includes needles, syringes, scalpels, broken glass, culture slides, culture dishes, broken capillary tubes, broken rigid plastic, and exposed ends of dental wires.
Sharps means needles, syringes, scalpels, and
Sharps means that term as defined in section 13807 of