Children's Community Nursing Service, Richmond
Disposal of sharps, and sharps bin
It is important to dispose of all used needles and lancets in a safe way to avoid injury and cross infection.
Always dispose of used needles and lancets in a special disposal bin called a sharps bin.
Your GP or diabetes team will give you the disposal bin (sharps bin) free on prescription if you are new to using sharps items.
The following can go into the sharps bin:
- used syringes and needles
- lancets for blood glucose testing
- empty insulin cartridges.
Medisort collect domestic clinical waste from Richmond residents who produce this waste at home.
To request clinical waste collection from an address in Richmond:
- Visit the Medisort website directly
(Leave the ‘Company’ and ‘Job title’ fields blank) - Email Medisort on ask
@medisort.co.uk or webenquiry@medisort.co.uk - Call Medisort on 01903 719646
Contact Medisort directly:
- if you wish to change the date or time of your next or future collections
- if you no longer require their collection service.
Medisort collect domestic clinical waste from Hounslow residents who produce this waste at home.
To request clinical waste collection from an address in Hounslow, do the following.
- Ask your healthcare professional to refer you to Medisort
- Visit their website to download and complete a referral form and take it to your medical professional for their approval. They must must then sign or stamp your form before you send it to Medisort.
When you've completed your form, you can either:- scan it and email it to ask
@medisort.co.uk - post it to Medisort Ltd, Unit A, Fort Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex BN17 7QU
- scan it and email it to ask
After the initial referral, you can contact Medisort directly to arrange for a collection, amend or report a missed collection.
Medisort: 01903 719646
Essentia Community Services collect domestic clinical waste from Kingston residents who produce this waste at home.
To request clinical waste collection from an address in Kingston:
- call Essentia directly on 020 7188 9399
- visit their website
- email them at essentiaenvironment
@gstt.nhs.uk
If you are travelling with work or are going on holiday, you can access needle clipping devices on prescription. These make it much easier to dispose of needles if you are on the move.
Speak to your GP about needle clipping devices on prescription.
Contact information
Diabetes Specialist Team
Teddington Memorial Hospital
Hampton Road
Teddington
TW11 0JL
Contact the Diabetes Specialist Team if you have questions about your diabetes or treatment.