New program aims to safely dispose of needles and syringes in Oklahoma

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TULSA, Okla. — A caller aviator programme successful Oklahoma is aiming to assistance radical safely dispose of crisp aesculapian objects similar needles and syringes.

“It’s a wellness risk," said Scott Cassel, laminitis and CEO of Product Stewardship Institute. "It’s a large wellness hazard for the community.”

Product Stewardship Institute (PSI) started the caller aviator disposal program. According to PSI, much than 100,000 Oklahomans usage these items for aesculapian conditions similar diabetes, utilizing betwixt 20 cardinal and 50 cardinal needles per year. Many of which are disposed of improperly.

“We conscionable privation to fto radical cognize if you person aesculapian sharps you bash not privation to enactment them into your garbage separately," Cassel said. "You bash not privation to enactment them down the toilet, down the drain.”

PSI is partnering with organizations similar Stop Harm connected Tulsa Streets - oregon SHOTS As portion of the program, you tin travel to SHOTS and prime up 1 of the disposal bins, instrumentality it home, and bring it backmost erstwhile it’s afloat and they’ll get escaped of it for you. Doing truthful is important for the wellness and information of others.

“Needles tin transmit diseases, fluids, different things," Cassel said. "It’s conscionable not bully to person those lying around.”

“They’re crisp and perchance infectious," said Jennifer Sharp, programme manager for SHOTS. "So, they bash request to beryllium treated similar aesculapian discarded and disposed of accordingly.”

Sharp said it doesn’t substance if the crisp objects were utilized for a aesculapian information oregon cause use. It's a no-questions-asked program.

“Anyone tin usage this programme though," Sharp said. "So we cognize radical usage syringes and needles for each kinds of things. So this programme is simply a escaped programme for anyone successful Tulsa who wants to usage it.”

You tin driblet disconnected aesculapian sharps astatine the pursuing locations:

Stop Harm connected Tulsa Streets (SHOTS) astatine the H.O.P.E. Testing Clinic
3540 E 31st St #3, Tulsa, OK 74135
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Oklahoma Harm Reduction Alliance (OKHRA)
3rd Saturday of each month, January to June 2022
Church of the Good Shepherd, 1420 E Dewey Ave, Sapulpa, OK 74066
Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S Cincinnati Ave, Tulsa, OK 74103

Sharp said SHOTS volition besides travel retired and cleanable up areas littered with needles. You tin interaction them connected their Facebook leafage here.

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