Sharps bins are also sometimes taken to a patient for drug administration or
blood sampling. A mobile trolley with infectious waste and sharps containers may therefore be more versatile and
should be given serious consideration. Th alternative is establishing a limited number of locations in a medical
area where general waste (black bags) and infectious health-care waste (yellow bags and sharps containers) are
placed. Th locations should be away from patients; typical sites are the sluice (utility) room, treatment room and
nurses’ station