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Stop If you pick up needles - handle them with care.
Here's how:


1 Wear gloves or use a thick cloth or tongs to pick up a needle.
  Wear gloves or use a thick cloth or tongs to pick up a needle.


2. Hold needle tip away from you.

Hold needle tip away from you.
  Be careful not to prick yourself with the needle.

3. Put needle in a plastic container with a lid, or a can.

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  Cover the top of the can with a puncture proof lid or seal.

4. Do not put the container in the garbage or blue box.

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  Call the AIDS and Sexual Health InfoLine at 416-392-2437 or 1-800-668-2437 to find out where to take the container or can.

Keep needles away from children

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