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Daniels Sharpsmart (Daniels) is a company that provides reusable sharps containers and medical waste disposal services to healthcare premises, such as hospitals, clinics, doctors offices, veterinary hospitals and labs.

Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, Daniels operates in 6 countries: Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and South Africa.

Dan Daniels is the owner of the company and Chairman of its Board.

Markus Koch has served as Chief Executive Officer since 2006.

History
1986 Dan Daniels and microbiologist Allan Perceval began providing reusable sharps containers to hospitals in Melbourne, Australia.

1997 The company began using the name Daniels in its company name and using a stylized lion’s head in its logo design.

1999 Daniels launched the Sharpsmart system of reusable sharps containers and automated processing equipment.

International expansion began in New Zealand in 1996, followed by Canada (2000), the United Kingdom (2001), the United States (2002) and South Africa (2005).

Products
Daniels has patents for a sharps container system, marketed under the name Sharpsmart, and a scalpel transfer device, as well as design registrations for sharps containers.

Daniels also provides medical waste collection and disposal services in a number of markets.

Market
In Australia, its country of origin, since 2007 Daniels has been exclusively represented by SteriHealth Ltd, a publicly-listed company based in Melbourne, Australia.

In 2011, Daniels became the second largest medical waste disposal company in North America, following the acquisition of a Bronx medical waste facility from Stericycle. The Department of Justice required Stericycle to divest the Bronx facility to remedy the loss of competition resulting from Stericycle's acquisition of another business, Healthcare Waste Solutions. Additional plant openings in 2011 consolidated Daniels' position in the North American market.

In 2012, Daniels partnered with [http://Sharps%20Compliance,%20Inc. Sharps Compliance, Inc.], further expanding its services to smaller healthcare facilities in the US

Research
The Daniels Sharpsmart system has been associated with sharps injury (also known as needlestick injury) reductions, waste volume reductions and carbon footprint reductions in hospitals.