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WEBSITE LINKS : Click on
the following links for further sources of useful
information
Australia :
Australian and New Zealand Clinical Waste Management Industry
Group ANZCWMIG Industry Code of practice for the Management of
Clinical and Related Wastes
The City of Melbourne Syringe Management Plan
2004-2006
Department of Health & Ageing : The Return on Investment
in Needle and Syringe Programs in Australia Summary
Report
Department of Health & Ageing : Retractable Needle and
Syringe Technology Initiative
Local Government Association of Queensland : Building Safer
Communities: Community Sharps Management - A Handbook for Local
Government in Queensland
National Code of Practice for the Control of Work-related
Exposure to Hepatitis and HIV (Blood-borne) Viruses)
[NOHSC:2010(2003)]
NSW Department of Local Government Circular to Councils :
'Management and Disposal of Household Medical Waste'
NSW Health Policy Directive PD2005_262: Sharps Disposal by
Public Hospitals/Authorised Outlets of NSW Needle & Syringe
Program for Community
For information and publications on risk assessment
and occupational health and safety visit the WorkCover NSW
website
For an example of a recent community sharps
management project in Victoria involving a regional group of local
councils, refer to The Whitehorse Community Health Service
'Eastern Region Safe Syringe Disposal Project
Report'. The report
includes a number of additional website
references.
USA :
The United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
website provides information on safe community needle disposal
The
Coalition for Safe Community Needle Disposal (US)
website provides
news articles and information
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