What colour sharps box

[Buckybri]

Hi can someone advise me on the colour sharps lid that I need for biologics , I need to order one to start meds and I’m sure they said I needed a different box for biologics than methotrexate. But when I rang the sharps people she said all her box’s are the same .

[allanah]

Not sure if it's the same in all areas but I used a yellow box and theh put stickers on it when I took it back to pharmacy x

[Buckybri in reply to allanah]

They collect them here from yr house ( brilliant service). But I’m sure they told me it’s a different kid ,

[allanah in reply to Buckybri]

Have you got a contact number yo call them?

[Hidden in reply to Buckybri]

Are your meds being delivered up your home?

[cropredy in reply to allanah]

Hi,

My sharps box is yellow supplied by the healthcare company,they also take away my full one and supply another. Best thing is to talk to your supplier.

Good luck and keep pain free.

[Vanwife]

I have only had a yellow sharps bin for biologics. Didn’t know you got any another colour 😮

[Buckybri in reply to Vanwife]

Maybe I’m wrong , I’m sure she told me biologics are destroyed differently than methotrexate, maybe I was dreaming I will give them a ring .

[AgedCrone in reply to Buckybri]

Just ask when they come to collect!

[SoulmanPaul]

I'm on Humira, delivered by Healthcare at home and my sharps tubs are yellow.

[Buckybri in reply to SoulmanPaul]

What colour lid ??

[nomoreheels]

I'd double check but I'm pretty sure it's the purple lidded sharps box you'll need.

[Buckybri in reply to nomoreheels]

I must be wrong maybe what they meant was I need two box’s because mtx has to be disposed of differently to biological meds

[nomoreheels in reply to Buckybri]

Ah. Then it won't be the same one then if they're disposed of differently. But I would have thought residuals of biologics were as hazardous? southernhealth.nhs.uk/_reso...

[hatshepsut]

I have purple lid for MTX, and yellow lid for biologics.

[Buckybri in reply to hatshepsut]

Yea that sounds right , thanks I have phoned them and waiting for a reply

[Dan13rheumatoid in reply to Buckybri]

Having had experience with cancer and methotrexate is a drug used in chemotherapy the purple lid ones are for chemotherapy drugs. So would make sense to me that it would be a purple one for methotrexate. You would think they would make it easier for you as they know what bins for what drugs. Wishing you the best.

[auldreekie2 in reply to hatshepsut]

Hatshepsut what size is your Mtx box, I got one delivered last week my god you’ve got to fight to put the MTX injection in the box and you luck 5 can fit in, that was the chemist that told me purple lid.

Doctor came yesterday to take blood so I was showing her, so she is going do a prescription for another one .

What a carry on,

You thing the medical people would know.

[hatshepsut in reply to auldreekie2]

I get my MTX bin from my rheumatology clinic. It's about 5 x 5Ins, and about 1ft 3 mins high, with a flip lid. I have had smaller ones, but this one is best. Unfortunately, the ones delivered by healthcare at home for my biologic are tiny, so I usually ask for 2 to be delivered. Luckily I have a big cupboard just by the bathroom so I keep them in there!

Hope you get it all sorted.

[KittyJ]

I had purple for mtx and yellow for biologics.

[Buckybri in reply to KittyJ]

Yea I said to the sharps people on the phone that they need to b a different colour to the mtx box and she said she didn’t know . But I’m waiting for a call from the rhumy doc just to check . Thanks .

[helixhelix]

I have the same for both, and was told that they incinerate them all as if they were cytotoxic in our area so no point distinguishing. But if your area does treat differently then purple for MTX and yellow for biologics. But biologics can go in purple lidded bin.

Purple => for the disposal of Sharps including those contaminated with cytotoxic and/or cytostatic medicinal products and their residues (anything that changes the cell structure)

Yellow => for the disposal of Sharps contaminated with medicinal products and their residues (other than cytotoxic and/or cytostatic medicines)

[Lolabridge]

I had a yellow sharps bucket when I was on Benepali.

[lucymead in reply to Lolabridge]

I had yellow for MTX and BENEPALI.

[Hidden]

I have been told it’s fine to use one sharps bin . I’m on methotrexate and elerzi they took my first bin 2 weeks ago no problem . Yellow bin purple lid

[Buckybri in reply to Hidden]

They told me I can’t do that , mad in it how different parts of the country are different ,

[Barrister]

I have a yellow lidded one for the biologics (provided by Healthnet Homecare who deliver my Benepali) and the purple lidded one for methotrexate (provided by the rheumatology clinic).

Clemmie

[happytulip]

To my knowledge after working in the NHS for 15 yes, all sharps boxes are yellow but sometimes the kids are a different colour. I am not sure about biologicals but drugs that contain a level of chemotherapy, such as Methotrexate need to go in a purple lidded sharps bin. They get dealt with differently because of the chemo ingredients.

I hope that helps to clarify some things.

In a hospital setting you might see red sharps boxes. These aren't for needles or syringes. They are for metal single use only items such as sissors and forceps that they try to melt down and recycle and save money and the environment. (That's how I understand it anyway).

[JRL1965]

I have had both yellow and purple lids for my methotrexate. My rheumy nurse did say biologics were disposed of differently so will need a specific sharps box but she didn’t go into details

[Brushwork]

The one I have for Benepali (biologic) is all yellow.

[vonniesims]

Healthcare at home deliver injections and sharps boxs and renove full ones wonder why you dont get yours with your injections

[G6JPA]

Hi my MTX sharps box supplied from The Derby Royal hospital is yellow with purple lid and purple warning lables

[Tillie20]

Hi I have a yellow box for biologics the gave me one when they delivered the medication, I use a bix with a purple lid for mtx X

[Cantfiddlenomore]

Hi different trusts have different policies. Your local pharmacy will inform you of colour. Where do you leave your full sharps box. If health centre... They may give you the appropriate colour. In my trust it's a purple lid. But really you should not have to worry about this. The script issuer should be aware of special colour of sharps box and order it for you.

[Buckybri in reply to Cantfiddlenomore]

All sorted now thanks . I knew I wasn’t hearing things . Lol.

[Hidden in reply to Buckybri]

Phew 😅 so stressful something so small upsets the apple cart. Why so many differences???? Mind boggles. Glad it’s sorted

[nomoreheels in reply to Buckybri]

So what were you told?

[Buckybri in reply to nomoreheels]

Purple for mtx and yellow for biologics. They r disposed of differently apparently.

[Travelodge]

Methotrexate is a purple topped bin and humira is a yellow topped bin.

[RA2002]

I was asked to use a yellow sharps bin with purple lid for hazardous waste. I get replacement bins at hospital and return full, sealed and dated bins to my GP. I use Etanercept and Methotrexate and dispose of both in the same bin.

[Bessieboo1]

Yellow top for biologics and purple top for methotrexate .