- Why use waste containers for needles?
- Why do you have round and square containers?
- Why do the container have a temporary and a definite lock?
- What’s the pur pose of the double-lid? Why the glue?
- Why all these certifications? What are the tests performed? Is quality so important?
- Why are the container yellow? Are there any other colour?
- What are the mandatory information on the label?
Why use waste containers for needles?
Needle containers are a fundamental element of security for those, like medical and veterinarian personnel, use dangerous tools and potentially infective such as needle, syringes and scalpel. The incorrect waste, and improper use of these tools is the main cause of accidents in the medical and paramedical sector. Such accidents have often serious consequences.
The high quality and the simple use of AP Medical products reduce the risk concerned with the every day use of medical utensils in the operating room and related environment.
Why do you have round and square containers?
AP Medical has been operating around the world for years now, and it has developed the widest and most comprehensive product range in the sector. The different shapes and locking devices allow to satisfy a broad range of requests, hence providing the best and most suitable options. The one and only constant recognizable in our range is: very high productive quality and usage.
Why do the container have a temporary and a definite lock?
The locking device works on two different levels which allows a safe use of the container.
The temporary lock insures a protected storage of the waste material during normal employ, whereas the definite lock allows a disposal of the container itself avoiding unforeseen leaks or opening during the transport.
What’s the pur pose of the double-lid? Why the glue?
The “Waste” family of the AP Medical containers are equipped with a double-lid (DUO). The central porthole of the lid (supplied with a temporary lock to allow an easy reopening during the use) limits odors and gasses dispersion usually associated with particularly dangerous material waste such as cyto-toxic material. The DUO lid and MONO lid are arrayed with a special glue on the perimeter that ensures the hermetic containment of liquid refuse.
Why all these certifications? What are the tests performed? Is quality so important?
The AP Medical product range praises the widest and most restrictive certifications in the hospital refuse container field. The AP Medical products are undergo many tough tests such as:
Free Fall
Perforation t
Liquid containment
These tests are necessary to ensure the perfect resistance and hold of the containers to the most common shocks during transportation and use; the perfect production process and the quality of material are essential elements that allows the user to operate in complete safety.
Why are the container yellow? Are there any other colour?
Yellow is considered to be a standard colour for hazardous waste hospital containers; moreover the red lid (which communities danger) is supplied for needle containers.
The colour for sanitary refuse is actually set by specific laws, which can of course vary from country to country in which AP Medical is present and operates. For this reason AP Medical keeps a tight watch and flexibility on the colour of body and lid, in order to supply container in line with regulations and market needs
What are the mandatory information on the label?
The label is an essential element for it holds the main information for correct handling of the container. AP Medical can supply personalized labels in a wide variety of languages, always respecting mandatory data of the label: the UN code, filling level, symbol of biological risk, and container capacity. The labels are applied via tampography, hot stamping, on the container directly in the mould, so to insure precision and hygiene during every day procedure.