Increasing use of sharps containers in India

Using sharps containers to dispose sharp waste is emerging as a standard practice in various healthcare institutions. These containers are used for disposing off the sharp wastes, like needles etc immediately after their use in order to prevent injuries. According to a new report by RNCOS, “Indian Medical Sharp Container Market Assessment and Forecast 2018”, with the growing number of healthcare establishments in India, coupled with increasing awareness regarding disposing the sharp waste in the right manner, the demand for medical sharp containers is increasing in the country.

According to our report, sharp wastes are generated from hospitals, diagnostics centres, nursing homes, and other healthcare institutions. These wastes pose risk of causing health hazards to humans and spread infectious diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis B. Over the past few years, the awareness related to risks involved with sharp waste is increasing in India; hence, providing the required boost to the growth of sharp container market. Further, the government of India has made it mandatory to follow the ‘Bio-Medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules’, in which all the healthcare institutions are legally bound to use the bio-medical waste containers for waste disposals. Thus, the medical sharp containers market in India is witnessing growth.

Our recent market research report on Indian Medical Sharp Container covers the current and future market forecast of sharp container, their demand in application areas (hospitals and pathology labs), along with their regional demand analysis. It further depicts the macro & demographic indicators, industry drivers and trends to provide a clear picture about the growth prospects of the market. Besides, the report also covers the tax structure and government regulation levied on sharp containers. The challenges hampering the growth of the market have also been highlighted in the report. Further, the market strategies that should be adopted have also been outlined. A brief overview of the market from the point of view of manufacturer, covering details of supply chain management, pricing and fast moving containers have also been covered in the report. Additionally, it includes business overview and a snapshot of capacity-wise price range of major manufacturers’ sharp containers in India.

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This is good news, but does not tell the entire story.

What happens to filled sharps bins? Are they being treated/destroyed and put safely beyond use, or quietly disappearing to find their way back into re-use?

News of increasing sharps bin use is heart warming but without certain destruction to put used sharps safely beyond re-use the task is incomplete and lives remain at great risk.

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