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Post by stanmorek on Jun 21, 2007 19:57:59 GMT
Are there any station staff specially trained to dispose of any syringes (sharps or needlesticks as commonly called on LU) found in station public areas? I presume if so there'd be a special sealed bin for these nasties? Also, some despicable individuals place syringes/needles on trains and in stations with the intention to injure. I hear that it happens now and again especially with depot staff at the most risk.
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Post by Oracle on Jun 21, 2007 20:02:02 GMT
It is a legal requirement to deal with "sharps" properly... it seems to be usual to allocate yellow bins for that purpose, and then pay £££ for specialist contractors to dispose of them.
Many years ago we had a client that jabbed himself in the leg on board ship in Japan as he failed to put some broken glass into a proper container: just a black plastic bag which burst open. This then caused a blood clot, and eventually an embolism and his death.
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Post by stanmorek on Jun 21, 2007 20:07:25 GMT
But wouldn't it be impractical to wait for a specialist contractor to turn up even if there was one on standby (£££)? I thought there'd be LU staff authorised to do this. I can't say I recall any part of a station being closed off for such a reason.
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Post by Tubeboy on Jun 21, 2007 20:10:24 GMT
A "sharps" container is in the SS office. Never seen a supervisor deal with a needle though, despite working at Camden.
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Post by c5 on Jun 21, 2007 20:11:10 GMT
But wouldn't it be impractical to wait for a specialist contractor to turn up even if there was one on standby (£££)? I thought there'd be LU staff authorised to do this. I can't say I recall any part of a station being closed off for such a reason. IS this covered by Tubelines or as part of the Infraco Cleaning Companies contract?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2007 20:27:28 GMT
But wouldn't it be impractical to wait for a specialist contractor to turn up even if there was one on standby (£££)? I thought there'd be LU staff authorised to do this. I can't say I recall any part of a station being closed off for such a reason. IS this covered by Tubelines or as part of the Infraco Cleaning Companies contract? Both. I've dealt with such an incident twice now. The last time only a couple of weeks back. You basically put the used sharp in whats called a Cinbin (the yellow tuby thing) and then call the infraco fault report centre and the used Cinbin is then removed by Tubelines Distribution services for safe disposal. You could also raise a job to get a cleaner to remove the sharp and place it in the Cinbin BUT 1) The cleaners are pretty useless, will panic and 2) You'll wait an hour for a cleaner - on a good day.
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Post by Colin on Jun 22, 2007 0:24:31 GMT
A "sharps" container is in the SS office. Never seen a supervisor deal with a needle though, despite working at Camden. I saw the sharps tin used loads @ Earls Court during my station days - it's sometimes amazing how you imagine an area to be nice, or bad, or whatever, but when you actually see what really goes on........
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