[Pharmwaste] Pharmaceutical Corrosives

[Yoo, Jenny (ECY)]

A RCRA Corrosive Characteristic waste would carry the code D002, not
D003.  

D003 is the code for RCRA Reactive Characteristic waste. Speaking of
which, Does anyone know which, if any, pharmaceuticals would carry the
D003 Reactive code? 

Jenny Yoo 
WA State Department of Ecology 
(425) 649-7166

 

From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Jeff
Hollar
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:06 AM
To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: [Pharmwaste] Pharmaceutical Corrosives

 

I just posted this on the Practice Greenhealth listserve, but thought it
would be beneficial to many of the members of this Pharmwaste listserve
as well.  

 

Many of our hospital pharmacy customers are surprised to find out that
their pharmaceutical inventory contains potentially corrosive waste
other than a few compounding chemicals.  One good example of this is
Sporanox Solution by JOM.  A review of the package insert indicates a
target pH of 2.   We have performed internal tests and found the mode
average pH to be closer to 1.  A liquid waste with a pH of 1 is
considered corrosive waste by the EPA and carries an EPA waste code of
D003.  It is also considered corrosive when shipping by the DOT and
carries a DOT shipping number of 8.

We have found the pharmaceutical corrosive waste stream to be overlooked
in many of the pharmaceutical inventories that we've analyzed.  For
those pharmacies performing their own waste identification analysis, I
would encourage them to closely review the pH's of the liquids and
solutions in their inventory.  

 

Jeff Hollar

President

PharmWaste Technologies, Inc.

Urbandale, IA 50322

Email: jhollar at pwaste.com

Website: www.pwaste.com

515-276-5302

 

 


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