Abstract
In a study of 16 states in the United States, 12 states (75%) did not have biomedical waste laws and/or regulations designed to encourage community syringe collection programs. 5 Florida is a good example of how supportive regulations and policies can favor the development of community needle disposal programs. In Florida, state and county governments recognized the value of community programs to collect needles for safe disposal. As a result, Florida state government simplified the administrative procedures and first reduced and then eliminated fees for community needle collection programs. In addition, the Florida DOH Division of Environmental Health assigned biomedical waste coordinators to assist local and county community needle collection efforts. The local programs were designed to provide sharps containers and collection of needles at no or limited cost to the public. An indepth study of these programs would be useful in assessing the success of the programs in “capturing” needles and other sharps, such as lancets, generated outside of health care settings and in preventing occupational and nonoccupational needle-stick injuries in the community.
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