1. Training and Communications
- Train all personnel to follow a distinct protocol to prevent mercury from being disposed of in sharp containers or with infectious wastes.
- Vest the leadership responsibilities for your program in a person or committee that can act as a central point of contact for all departments.
- Develop a broad-based communications program throughout your facility to increase the general level of awareness to mercury's danger.
- Make sure that mercury's potentially adverse effects on the environment and human health are known, and train all personnel to look for ways to prevent mercury pollution.
- Involve your whole community in a voluntary "turn-in" program for mercury thermometers and batteries.
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