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Posted By Phillipe
Can anyone recommend a set of gloves for the occasional use when picking up discarded syringes...£300 for a pair seems a tad expensive.
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Posted By Clive Lowery
Phillipe,
Have you looked at eliminating the need to lift up the used syringe by hand?
Why not try and get hold of the long handled litter pickers that you see the park wardens and refuse collectors using, you should then be able to then drop them safely into a used sharps container without touching them by hand.
£300 seems an awful lot. Thats 150 pints of Dark Mild plus a bit of change!
Regards
Clive
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Posted By Phillipe
150 pints of dark mild....the thought of a pint of dark mild is enough to make me spend £300 on a pair of gloves !
Litter pickers are a sensible idea indeed...treat yourself to a pint of the dark stuff !
Off to buy some littler pickers !
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Posted By peter gotch
Phillipe.
Your local environmental health department should be able to point you in the direction of purpose build kit specifically designed for picking up used needles. Cost circa £40.
Regards, Peter
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Posted By Phillipe
£40, that is very good value. I will check that out
Thanks
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Posted By Amanda
Phillipe
Our grounds maintenance team encounter used drug paraphernalia. They use a combination of 'litter picker' (long handled) cost about £45 and also turtle skin gloves cost about £50. We also have the disposal boxes for sharps cost about £10
You can get a disposal kit in a yellow box which is a good starting point at a cost of about £110.
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Posted By Tracey C
Try speaking to Jangro 08454585223 ask them to post you a catalogue. We get our yellow sharps boxes for £2 each and the long grabbers less than £12. They do a kit but it is cheaper to buy individually for your needs.
They also have a website www.jangro.net.
Good luck
T
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Posted By Shaun Brennan
Phillipe
£300 is a lot of money fro the gloves but have you ever thought of calling the local council to take them away, like everyone is suggesting use along handled litter picker. the consequences for one of your workforce getting stabbed by a needle is far more reaching than £300 for a pair of gloves, tested for HIV and Hepatitis A,B & C and then again at 6 months and then not Knowing if they are clear for 12months,from experience you lose that man from work he in turn will lose his sanity and possibly his marriage, through stress. that sounds very morbid, but come on £300 for a pair of gloves!!!
Bugsy
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Posted By Chris Packham
it doesn't have to be £300. For far less (I believe around £130) you can buy a pair of Stichstopp gloves from KCL. These really do prevent needles from penetrating. In fact, the needle will bend and break before it gets through.
However, as always, gloves should be a last resort. There are specialists in training on this type of problem. If you want more contact me direct and I can provide you with the contact details.
Chris
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Posted By Phillipe
Thanks for all your comments and suggestions regarding the syringes and litter pickers. I myself could not believe that the gloves we were looking at were priced at £300. They are for sale in "Safety Shop" the definitive safety buyers guide - well that's what it says on the cover anyway !
Onwards and upwards
Phil
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