By Dr. Chinelo Nwaogbo, Founder & CEO, Nelo™

If a sharps container is overfilled, it’s already too late.

This was the painful realisation echoed again and again during conversations at the AANP Conference. Despite years of training, awareness campaigns, and updated procedures, overfilled sharps containers are still harming patients and healthcare workers alike.

It’s not due to negligence, it’s the result of systems that don’t adapt fast enough.

Containers fill up in high-traffic areas. Staff are overworked. Monitoring is manual, if it’s done at all. There’s no real-time visibility, no automated warning, no way to intervene until something has already gone wrong.

This reactive model has to change.

Smart, proactive sharps management is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity. Nelo’s system was designed to give healthcare providers the insight and control they need to prevent harm before it occurs, not respond after the fact.

We’re using data, real-time alerts, and intelligent design to build a future where safety isn’t just written in a policy, it’s part of the infrastructure.

Because a system that protects healthcare workers is a system that protects everyone.