What is the Isolyser®/SMS® Sharps Management System?
Isolyser/SMS Sharps Disposal is a sharps treatment and disposal product used to properly dispose of needles, syringes, blades and other potentially infectious sharps directly in your office. Since 1989, thousands of medical, dental and veterinary offices have safely used Isolyser/SMS to store, treat and dispose of sharps.
How does Isolyser®/SMS® work?
Using Isolyser/SMS for sharps disposal is easy. Place needles, syringes, blades, endo files, broken carpules and other sharps in the Isolyser/SMS container, which is pre-filled with our patented liquid monomer. When full, add the two catalyst packets. This will activate the monomer, generate heat and solidify the sharps into a solid polymeric matrix. Once solidified, the sharps are treated and encapsulated; rendered non-biohazardous, unrecognizable, unusable, and safe for disposal in the regular trash
What are the key benefits of the Isolyser®/SMS® product?
- Compliant and Easy to use
- Safer- untreated sharps never leave your office
- Greater control; More convenient and cost-effective than old style collection service
- No contracts - ever
- Consolidate suppliers; purchase Isolyser®/SMS® from your supply partner
- Better for the environment; much smaller Carbon Footprint - 100 fewer miles driven, per sharps container, before disposal
- Give Back – Your purchase supports the Make-A-Wish Foundation®
Why is Isolyser®/SMS® better than a collection service?
Traditional waste pick-up companies use antiqued systems, including large dedicated trucks that generate a tremendous amount of pollution to collecting sharps waste. Couple that with the pollution associated with treating relatively small amounts of regulated waste and ultimately driving it to a disposal site and its easy to see there are many wasteful and expensive efficiencies in this process. The average sharps container is driven 100 miles BEFORE its treated and then another 50 miles to a disposal site. By comparison Isolyser/SMS is disposed of using transportation vehicles already visiting your office. Isolyser/SMS containers are driven about 50 miles before disposal, about 100 fewer miles per sharps container.
And, because sharps are treated in your office, potentially-infectious waste never leaves your practice.
Is the Isolyser®/SMS® Sharps Management System approved for use in my State?
YES. Isolyser/SMS or Mail-back sharps disposal system may be used in ALL 50 states; either by State Approval, Approval by Rule, Generator Application, Generator Obtained Permit or by using Mail-back sharps disposal system.
Disposal of activated Isolyser/SMS containers as “regular” office trash is allowed in the following States: AK, AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MO, MS, MT, NE, NM, NV, NC, ND, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY.
I have limited counter space; is a wall-mount available?
Yes, locking wall mount units are sold separately and available for the following containers:
- WMU800 – wall mount for Isolyser®/SRS800.
- WMU2400 – wall mount for Isolyser®/SMS®2400
- WMU4000 – wall mount for Isolyser®/SMS®4000
Order locking wall mount units from us, Arch TECHNOCHEM, Inc., your supply Partner.
The collection company says we're under contract. What are my options?
Disposal contracts may include a provision for early termination. This provision may also include an early termination fee. Even if you must pay a fee to switch to Isolyser/SMS, most customers will save more than enough money to recoup the fees within the 1st year. There are NO contracts with WasteWise products; our Customers use them because they want to.
I misplaced my catalyst packets, what do I do?
Replacement catalyst packets can be purchased from us, Arch Technochem, Inc., your supply partner.
What Should I do if container doesn't solidify as per directions?
Do not worry, help is available. Please call Wastewise (WCM, Inc) at 866-436-9264 and they'll be happy to assist you.