Waste handlers and ancillary staff engaged in hygiene and waste management in and from healthcare premises perform an invaluable and essential task. The rewards are not great, yet the risks might be considerable.

So, what’s in a name? I notice in a current US Stericycle job advert the title of “Sharps Specialist”

http://www.hellolouisville.com/jobs/part_time_hospital_sharps_specialist/j3h5z16xm879pkqzwm1/

The duties will require that the employee will “proactively exchange filled Sharps containers in major medical facilities (hospitals, and other large volume medical customers). The Sharps Service Specialist will service all areas of the hospital, and safely cart and consolidate exchanged containers for transport by Stericycle Route Managers.”

So, that’s it. That’s what a sharps specialist is.

George Bernard Shaw is often quoted as saying that the “United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language”.

How true that is.

A Sharps Specialist – Big it up!