[Pharmwaste] APB for Nancy Lawson....

[matthew mireles]

Someone should also survey retail and wholesale stores, such as Walmart,
Sam's, Costo, Sears, and any business that sell OTC and prescripts.  I
recently learned that many are not involved with the reverse distributors
and are dumping their expired inventory into the dumpsters.   I can't
confirm this myself.  I just heard from a reliable source who is a store
manager of a large company.  Most healthcare institutions (hospitals and
nursing homes) participate in reverse distribution to send back unused and
expired meds.   The stores are operating competitively, but have not heard
about the concern for indiscriminate disposal.  

 

Matthew Mireles

Community Medical Foundation for Patient Safety

Texas

 

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From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Gilliam,
Allen
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 2:01 PM
To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: [Pharmwaste] APB for Nancy Lawson....

 

Ms. Lawson?  are you on this listserve?  from a KS state pretreatment
coordinator, I've heard you're beginning to canvass some of Kansas's cities
nursing homes (and some other health care facilities perhaps?) regarding
pharmaceutical disposal practices at their facilities.

 

if you have a tailored survey form, this state coordinator would surely like
to get his paws on it for the ultimate form of flattery.  may I use a
version of your form to circulate throughout this state?  please forward,
credit will be given for its author, and I'd owe ya a fresh dish of
Arkansas's frog legs 'n greens!

 

if anyone "out there" knows Ms. Lawson (I believe she's from the KS state
university in Manhattan / P2 group), would you please forward this request
to her in case she's not on this listserve?

 

thanks in advance,

 

allen gilliam

adeq state pretreatment coordinator

501.682.0625

 

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