Medical waste collection and treatment station

A medical waste collection station, comprising:

• first means for supporting a plurality of medical waste containers;
• a plurality of separately removable medical waste containers supported by said first means, each said medical waste container having an open top;
• and
• second means, carried by said first means, that limits access to each of said medical waste containers to that medical waste container at any one time.

A medical waste collection station, comprising:

• first means for supporting a plurality of medical waste containers;
• a plurality of medical waste containers supported by said first means, each said medical waste container having an open top;
• and
• second means, carried by said first means, for sequentially providing access to the open tops of the medical waste containers,
• wherein said second means comprises a movable cover carried adjacent the open tops of the medical waste containers and providing a plurality of positions, said cover providing access to the open top of a different individual medical waste container in each of the plurality of positions while preventing access to the open tops of the other medical waste containers.

A medical waste collection station, comprising:

• first means for supporting a plurality of medical waste containers;
• a plurality of medical waste containers supported by said first means, each said medical waste container having an open top;
• and
• second means, carried by said first means, for sequentially providing access to the open tops of the medical waste containers,
• wherein said first means supports said plurality of medical waste containers with their open tops generally lying in a horizontal plane and is adapted to carry said second means over said horizontal plane, and
• wherein said second means includes a cover movably carried over said horizontal plane to provide a plurality of positions, said cover providing access to the open top of a different medical waste container in each of the plurality of positions while preventing access to the open tops of the other medical waste containers.

A medical waste collection station, comprising:

• first means for supporting a plurality of medical waste containers;
• a plurality of medical waste containers supported by said first means, each said medical waste container having an open top;
• and
• second means, carried by said first means, for sequentially providing access to the open tops of the medical waste containers, wherein said first means includes indicia and said second means is operatively associated with said indicia to provide notice when at least one of the medical waste containers is full.

A medical waste collection station, comprising:

• first means for supporting a plurality of medical waste containers, said first means including an opaque base portion adapted to enclose the plurality of medical waste containers and carry lids for, but separate from, said medical waste containers, and a transparent lockable shell portion hingedly carried by said opaque base portion;
• a plurality of medical waste containers supported by said first means, each of said medical waste containers having an open top;
• and
• second means carried by said first means, for sequentially providing access to the open tops of the medical waste containers.

A medical waste collection station, comprising:

• first means for supporting a plurality of medical waste containers;
• a plurality of medical waste containers supported by said first means, each said medical waste container having an open top;
• and
• second means, carried by said first means, for sequentially providing access to the open tops of the medical waste containers,
• wherein said first means includes an opaque base portion adapted to enclose the plurality of medical waste containers and carry lids for, but separate from, said medical waste containers,
• wherein said first means further includes a transparent lockable shell portion hingedly carried by said opaque base portion, and
• wherein said lockable shell portion includes a cover plate including restricted openings providing access to said containers, and said second means comprises a cover slidably carried by said cover plate.

A medical waste collection station, comprising;

• first means for supporting a plurality of medical waste containers;
• a plurality of medical waste containers supported by said first means, each said medical waste container having an open top;
• and
• second means, carried by said first means, for sequentially providing access to the open tops of the medical waste containers,
• wherein said first means includes an opaque base portion adapted to enclose the plurality of medical waste containers and carry lids for, but separate from, said medical waste containers,
• wherein said first means further includes a transparent lockable shell portion hingedly carried by said opaque base portion, and
• wherein said second means is a slidable cover carried by said hinged lockable shell portion;
• said slidable cover is engaged by a spring carried by said hinged lockable shell portion and includes a latch portion, said spring urging said slidable cover to a first position on said hinged lockable shell portion;
• and said opaque base portion includes a portion engaging the latch portion of said slidable cover when the slidable cover is moved to a second position to retain the slidable cover in the second position, through its engagement with the latch portion of a slidable cover, said latch portion of said slidable cover becoming disengaged from said engaging portion of the opaque base portion when the hinged lockable shell portion is opened by rotation on its hinges and said spring automatically resetting said slidable cover in its first position.

A medical waste collection station, comprising:

• a plurality of medical waste containers having open tops;
• means for supporting the plurality of medical waste containers with their open tops generally supported in a plane;
• movable means carried by said supporting means adjacent the open tops of the medical waste containers, said movable means providing with said supporting means access to the open top of a different one of the plurality of medical waste containers as the movable means is moved through a plurality of positions with respect to said supporting means, and
• indicia carried by said supporting means and operatively associated with said movable means to indicate when one of the plurality of medical waste containers is filled.

A medical waste collection station, comprising:

• a plurality of medical waste containers having open tops;
• means for supporting the plurality of medical waste containers with their open tops generally supported in a plane;
• and
• movable means carried by said supporting means adjacent the open tops of the medical waste containers, said movable means providing with said supporting means access to the open top of a different one of the plurality of medical waste containers as the movable means is moved through a plurality of positions with respect to said supporting means, and
• tool surfaces disposed above and adjacent the top openings of said medical waste containers for engaging a hypodermic needle and permitting its disengagement from a syringe and its insertion into the medical waste containers without handling of the hypodermic needle by a user,
• said supporting means and said movable means cooperating to permit a user access to said tool surfaces.

A medical waste collection station, comprising:

• one or more medical waste containers;
• a station enclosure including an opaque first portion formed to support said one or more medical waste containers;
• and
• a transparent second portion forming, with said first portion, an enclosure for said one or more medical waste containers, said second portion including an opening permitting medical waste to be inserted into said one or more medical waste containers and surfaces formed to engage a hypodermic needle and permit its disengagement from a syringe for insertion into said one or more medical waste containers without the handling of the hypodermic needle by a user,
• said second portion including means for locking and unlocking the second portion to the first portion of said station enclosure.