| 摘要 |
A disposal device especially suited for used hypodermic needles and other such sharp contaminated medical devices includes a container having a hollow interior and at least one opening through the walls of the container into the container interior, and a plug filling the opening in the container walls and secured to the container. The plug is composed of a resilient, self-sealing, non-coring, needle-penetrable material, so that the used medical product may be inserted through the plug such that at least the tip thereof is in communication with the hollow interior of the container. An anti-microbic, anti-viral liquid is disposed in the hollow interior of the container so that the tip of the used medical product inserted in the hollow interior is exposed to the anti-microbic, anti-viral liquid. The container/plug combination is sufficiently light that it may be agitated by moving the used medical product without the user having to actually touch the container. When the medical device is a needle/syringe combination, liquid from the container may be repeatedly drawn into the syringe barrel from the container and expelled back into the container to insure thorough deactivation of microbes or viral particles present in the needle and the lower portion of the syringe barrel. After this cleansing action is completed, the medical device is not removed from the container. Rather the used medical device and the container are placed as a unit in a disposal receptacle.
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