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Revision 9 — 01:45, 3 Jun 2026 KarlFischerKit (talk) give the worked example to two significant figures throughout 11,529 bytes +492	Revision 10 — 03:52, 5 Jun 2026 UnitAuditUwe (talk) state the assumption that the whole vial is reconstituted at once 13,109 bytes +1,580
76	National colour coding encodes the treatment route rather than the hazard. The English scheme, set out in Health Technical Memorandum 07-01 and adopted widely in the United Kingdom, is representative:	76	National colour coding encodes the treatment route rather than the hazard. The English scheme, set out in Health Technical Memorandum 07-01 and adopted widely in the United Kingdom, is representative:
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+		78	\|+ Sharps container colour coding, Health Technical Memorandum 07-01
+		79	\| !Lid colour \| Contents \| Treatment route \|
+		80	\|---\|---\|---\|
+		81	\| Orange \| Sharps not contaminated with medicinal products \| Treatment permitted before disposal \|
+		82	\| Yellow \| Sharps contaminated with medicinal products other than cytotoxic or cytostatic \| Incineration \|
+		83	\| Purple \| Sharps contaminated with cytotoxic or cytostatic medicinal products \| Incineration at a permitted facility \|
+		84	\| Blue \| Medicinal waste other than sharps \| Incineration \|
+		85	\| Red \| Anatomical waste \| Incineration \|
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+		87	=== Fill limits and their rationale ===
+		88	The three-quarters fill convention exists to preserve headroom, so that a sharp can be dropped in without contact with the contents and so that the container closes without compression. Injury reports associated with overfilled containers describe two mechanisms: contact with protruding sharps at the aperture, and puncture through the container wall when a full container is compressed during closure or transport.{{r\|epinet,iso23907}}
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+		90	The fill line is a marked feature under ISO 23907-1, which makes overfilling an observable rather than a judgement-based failure. Guidance therefore treats reaching the line as the trigger for closure regardless of elapsed time, and separately imposes a maximum period a container may remain open — commonly three months in United Kingdom practice — to limit the interval over which contents accumulate.{{r\|htm0701}}
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78	== References ==	92	== References ==
79	{{reflist}}	93	{{reflist}}
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87	<ref name="epinet">International Safety Center. ''EPINet Sharps Injury and Blood and Body Fluid Exposure Surveillance Report'' (annual series).</ref>	101	<ref name="epinet">International Safety Center. ''EPINet Sharps Injury and Blood and Body Fluid Exposure Surveillance Report'' (annual series).</ref>
88	<ref name="fda_sharps">US Food and Drug Administration. "Safely Using Sharps (Needles and Syringes) at Home, at Work and on Travel" — consumer and device guidance, current revision.</ref>	102	<ref name="fda_sharps">US Food and Drug Administration. "Safely Using Sharps (Needles and Syringes) at Home, at Work and on Travel" — consumer and device guidance, current revision.</ref>
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+		104	== See also ==
+		105	* [[Subcutaneous injection]]
+		106	* [[Insulin syringe]]
+		107	* [[Syringe dead space]]
+		108	* [[Injection site rotation]]
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90	{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharps disposal}}	110	{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharps disposal}}