JPH07116201A - Container for managing medical treatment waste, such as injector - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent popping out of injection needles, etc., outside the container and to facilitate a discarding treatment of injectors, injection needles, etc. CONSTITUTION:This container 1 for management is internally partitioned to plural spaces by partition plates 2 and the plural spaces are further partitioned to plural spaces, i.e. plural small spaces for housing the injectors 7 held mounted with the injection needles 8, by partition plates 3 for attachment and detachment. These partition plates 3 for attachment and detachment are mounted on sponge 6 laid on the bottoms of the plural spaces partitioned by the partition plates 2. The sponge 6 is formed of a material having a thickness to the extent of preventing the penetration of the injection needles 8 of the injectors 7 through the sponge and having high absorptivity.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medical waste management container such as a syringe, and more particularly to a structure of a medical waste management container such as a syringe for containing medical waste such as a used syringe.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a management container for accommodating medical waste such as used syringes, as shown in FIG. 3, a cardboard box 10 is waterproofed and a needle is covered with a plastic. A disposable syringe (not shown) or the like made of the same is put in the cardboard box 10 as it is.

When a plastic disposable syringe or the like is stored inside the cardboard box 10, the lid 10a is closed by closing the lid 10a and inserting the tongue-shaped member 10c into the groove 10b of the lid 10a. I am trying.

If the syringe with the needle covered with the cap is placed in the cardboard box 10 as it is, it may be removed from the needle in some cases.
The injection needle may penetrate the cardboard box 10 and jump out.

If the injection needle pops out when carrying the cardboard box 10, the injection needle may accidentally get stuck in a hand or the like. It is also conceivable that liquid medicine, blood, etc. remaining in the syringe may leak out of the corrugated cardboard box 10 from the ejected injection needle, and the medicine, blood, etc. may adhere to the hands and the like.

Therefore, a method has been proposed in which the injection needles are inserted into the caps arranged on the case, the injection needles are removed from the syringes with the caps on the injection needles, and the syringes and the injection needles are disposed of. . For this method,
This is described in detail in JP-A-3-26275.

[0007]

In the conventional management container described above, the inside of the cardboard box is waterproofed, or an inner box to be placed inside the cardboard box is prepared, and a medical waste such as a syringe is placed in the inner box. When a substance is stored, an injection needle or the like jumping out of the corrugated cardboard box may get stuck in the hands of a waste disposal company handling such medical waste.

In the case of the method of inserting the injection needles into the caps arranged on the case and removing the injection needles from the syringe with the injection needles covered with the caps to dispose of the syringes and the injection needles, a management container, etc. Each needle has to be removed from the syringe before it is put in, and there is a problem that the process is troublesome.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, prevent the injection needle and the like from popping out of the container, and simplify the disposal of the injection syringe and injection needle. To provide a medical waste management container.

[0010]

A medical waste management container such as a syringe according to the present invention is a medical waste management container such as a syringe for storing a used syringe, and each of the plurality of syringes is stored in the container. A partition member and a gripping member that grips the injection needle at the tip of the syringe are provided.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view including a partial cross section of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the management container 1 has a lid 1a which covers the entire upper part and is connected to one of the side surfaces of the management container 1.

On the side surface of the management container 1 and the inside of the lid 1a,
Adhesive sheets 4 and 5 for fixing the management container 1 and the lid 1a when the lid 1a is closed are attached respectively. Further, the inside of the management container 1 is partitioned by a partition plate 2 into a plurality of spaces (two spaces in this case).

The plurality of spaces partitioned by the partition plate 2 are further divided into a plurality of spaces by the detachable partition plate 3, that is, a plurality of small spaces for accommodating the syringe 7 with the injection needle 8 still attached. It is partitioned. The detachable partition plate 3 has a honeycomb structure in order to prevent the management container 1 from being crushed.

The detachable partition plate 3 is mounted on sponges 6 laid on the bottoms of a plurality of spaces partitioned by the partition plate 2, respectively. The sponge 6 has a thickness that does not allow the injection needle 8 of the syringe 7 to penetrate, and is made of a highly absorbent material.

Therefore, the injection needle 8 of the syringe 7 is grasped by the sponge 6, and even if liquid medicine, blood, etc. remain in the syringe 7, these medicine, blood, etc. are absorbed by the sponge 6. , The injection needle will not pop out, and liquid chemicals or blood will not leak.

Since the detachable partition plate 3 and the sponge 6 are detachably attached to the management container 1, respectively, when the detachable partition plate 3 and the sponge 6 are respectively removed from the management container 1, the partition plate 2 is used. Other medical waste such as bandages can be stored in the partitioned space.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view including a partial cross section of another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, another embodiment of the present invention has the same structure as that of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 except that a punch-through prevention plate 9 is provided below the sponge 6, and the same components are the same. It is attached with a code. The functions of the same constituent elements are the same as those of the embodiment of the present invention.

The punch-through prevention plate 9 is made of metal or hard resin, and is provided to prevent the injection needle 7 from penetrating the sponge 6 and pushing out of the container when the management container 1 is pressed from above and below.

Further, the punch-through prevention plate 9 prevents the liquid medicine, blood, etc. remaining in the syringe 7 from leaking from the sponge 6 to the outside of the container when the sponge 6 absorbs the liquid medicine. Can be prevented.

In this way, each of the plurality of syringes 7 accommodated in the management container 1 is partitioned by the detachable partition plate 3, and the injection needles 8 at the tips of these plurality of syringes 7 are grasped by the sponge 6 to be used. Since it suffices to put the syringe 7 into the management container 1 when it is discarded, the disposal of the syringe 7, the injection needle 8 and the like can be simplified. Further, since the injection needles 8 at the tips of the plurality of syringes 7 are stopped by the sponge 6 or the punch-through prevention plate 9, it is possible to prevent the injection needles 8 and the like from jumping out of the container.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, the inside of the container is partitioned by the partition member to house each of the plurality of used syringes, and the syringe needle at the tip of the syringe is gripped by the gripping member. Further, there is an effect that the injection needle and the like can be prevented from popping out of the container, and the disposal processing of the syringe and the injection needle and the like can be simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view including a partial cross section of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view including a partial cross section of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Management container 2 Partition plate 3 Desorption partition plate 4,5 Adhesive sheet 6 Sponge 9 Penetration prevention plate

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A medical waste management container, such as a syringe, for housing a syringe after use, including a partition member for partitioning each of the plurality of syringes housed in the container, and a gripping member for gripping an injection needle at the tip of the syringe. A medical waste management container such as a syringe characterized by having: 2. The container for managing medical waste such as a syringe according to claim 1, wherein the partition member and the grip member are configured to be detachable from the container. 3. The holding member includes a sponge member that holds the injection needle, and a member that prevents the tip of the injection needle from penetrating into the bottom of the container. Medical waste management container such as the described syringe. 4. The container for managing medical waste such as a syringe according to claim 1, wherein the partition member has a honeycomb structure for preventing the container from being crushed.