Outpatient diabetes clinics and diabetes education centres located in CLSCs or hospitals
Public or private health care facilities, such as CHSLDs and private seniors’ residences, must provide, at their expense, sharps disposal containers for their residents.
People who have received sharps disposal containers through SIRSAU can return them to:
Community pharmacies
CLSCs
Hospitals
Community organizations that distribute new injection equipment
These organizations take back the containers free of charge.
SIRSAU is in place throughout all off Québec. The used syringe and needle recovery system comes in addition to other existing services, including:
The collection of biomedical waste by CLSCs and hospitals.
The installation of syringe collection boxes in outdoor public places.
The collection of used needles and syringes by volunteers.