Once off-loaded from the truck, our container is moved into the hospitals' clinical environment via a bulk delivery cart. Evenly spaced pegs across two horizontal rails firmly affix to a design recess in the side of each container. The equal-depth design of all Sharpsmart 64-Series containers enables a flexible combination of multiple container sizes being transported, whilst again achieving off-floor suspension and fixed upright movement. Multi-container transport reduces labour and alleviates the pressure on internal service lifts and narrow corridors.

When an empty Clinismart container is required at ward level, the nurse or internal field service technician transports bulk containers via an internal delivery cart, or alternately, in the case of our container, mobilises a single unit on a Sharpsmart AccessSmart trolley for bedside use. Engineered to achieve both locked static positioning and ease of movement, the AccessSmart Trolley is best utilised for mobile point-of-use positioning at patient care. The soft close mechanism minimises odour reduction and its hands free foot pedal eliminates touch with the surface of the container. A side mounting bracket affixed to either side of the trolley enables a second container to be co-mounted for point-of-use segregation of dual wastestreams.

Once our container is full, a service tech scans the container barcode to identify its ward positioning for audit reporting and analysis, and engages the side-locks of the container to prevent further access. The container is then moved to wall mounted storage within the ward’s utility room, or bulk-transported on an internal delivery cart to the hospital waste compound. At dock level, this hospital utilises Sharpsmart transporters to optimise its storage footprint. The process of transferring container directly from a cart into a transporter ensures collectors never touch the ground and remain uncontaminated ready for pickup.

At its scheduled bi-weekly pickup, a Sharpsmart truck delivers a transporter full of clean empty containers, and replaces its load with recently filled containers. Repeating step one of the process, our container is transported in bulk company within a Sharpsmart transporter. The locked upright positioning ensures contents are not put in jeopardy, transport risks are minimised, and the hospitals’ cradle to grave responsibility is protected.

Once our container (and its fellow containers) reaches a Sharpsmart facility, it is still in the same condition in which it left the ward. Its leakproof seal has guaranteed no leakage has occurred during transit, its fixed upright positioning has ensured protection of its exterior veneer, its impenetrable casing has ensured there has been no risk of content protrusion, and its secure tamper-proof locks have eliminated unauthorised access at dock level storage and in transport.

From transporter to robotic washline, our container is loaded onto a mechanic conveyer belt, robotic arms unhinge its front and side locks, and contents are robotically emptied; a carefully engineered process that eliminates human intervention and circumvents clinical waste contact risk.

Once our container is emptied, it continues on the third stage of its journey through the Sharpsmart robotic washline; a rigorous process housed within a conveyer-belt washing chamber which combines environmentally friendly cleaning liquids, powerful jet-blasting hoses and steam technology to achieve the highest levels of bacterial load reduction and micriobiological efficacy.

The final stage of our containers' journey is a comprehensive quality control check. During this step of the process, our container is physically inspected; inbuilt security locks are checked to be in working order, and once passing the quality inspection, our container is recommissioned for another clinical waste containment assignment.