Medical instrument holder and sharps disposal container

A disposable, sterilizable plastic material device for facilitating the positioning of medical instruments having sharps associated therewith such as syringe needles, scalpel blades and the like during use thereof which facilitates the counting of such sharps and the subsequent disposal thereof, said device comprising:

• a first container part having a magnetized material surface with indicia thereon for positioning, retaining and counting sharps laid thereon;
• a second container part having an instrument positioning rest extending above an adjacent surface of said second part to facilitate the positioning of a medical instrument on said second part with a portion at least of said instrument extending upwardly away from said adjacent surface;
• hinge means for hinging said first and second parts together to facilitate their being positioned in a side by side open position for receiving medical instruments thereon;
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• a safety cushion member provided on said second container part and positioned relative said rest so that at least the tip of a sharp associated with a medical instrument positioned on said rest penetrates said member as a protection to any inadvertent puncture of the skin of a person manipulating said instrument and/or device as might otherwise occur if said tip where not so protected.