[Pharmwaste] disposal of pharmaceuticals/from a hospice nurse

[Pamela Ortner]

Please excuse the last message; it was sent from an email address responders will not be able to email to.

I have a few questions I would like to pose to subscribers to the listserve:

1)  Is there data about effluent and ash from pharm waste incinerators from some of the countries in Europe that is incinerating unused or outdated pharmaceuticals? 
2)  What is the volume of pharm waste per country that is being incinerated (if segregated from medical waste)
2) Is there separation between packaging (plastic bottles) and the medications prior to incineration?  
3) What type of incinerators are utilized. Medical waste?  High temperature?
4)  Are controlled drugs (CDs) separated from meds?  Are they handled differently?
5) Are England, Scotland and Wales utilizing the denaturing of controlled substances as a primary means of disposal?  Is incineration used as a secondary means?

Thank you, I look forward to your responses. This email works for responses.  Sorry for the confusion.

Pamela Ortner, RN, BSN, COHN-S

Education/Quality Improvement Coordinator
Angela Hospice
14100 Newburgh Rd.
Livonia, Michigan 48154-5010
(734) 953-6040
portner at angelahospice.net

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.  Willing is not enough; we must do.   Goethe

 


Pamela Ortner, RN, BSN, COHN-S
Education/Quality Improvement Coordinator
Angela Hospice
14100 Newburgh Rd.
Livonia, Michigan 48154
(734) 953-6040

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.  Willing is not enough; we must do.  Goethe

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