Sharps vs. Not Sharps

[schooldistrictnurse]

Would you consider a used (discharged but not used on a person) epi pen a sharp or not a sharp for disposal purposes?

[SassyTachyRN]

so i called them up - the man i spoke with didn't seem to care. I told him I had several dozen epipens to drop off and he just said to put them in something hard like a coffee can or detergent bottle or big bucket. I repeated that it was a lot - close to a hundred and he said that was fine. I can get big buckets with lids or i can just use coffee cans and just drop off several times a year.

Wow, why do you have so many???

[Flare, ASN, BSN]

parents just never pick them up at the end of the year, despite letters home. Lord only knows why - these suckers are expensive! Plus when i took this office over there was already a box started - so i had a head start of about 30 or so...