On 20 June Section 1.9 of the NIPCM was updated and the reference to disposal of sharps boxes 'following 3 months of assembly' has been removed after consideration of the lack of evidence that supports this.

The bullet now reads

•    be disposed of when the manufacturers’ fill line is reached.

Updates to the waste literature review will follow when this review has been completed.  Boards may choose to implement this change ahead of these full updates. This will be also be noted at the next NGPE working group.