[Pharmwaste] Pharmaceutical Corrosives
Sue Dayton
sdayton at swcp.com
Tue Oct 14 11:09:52 EDT 2008
Hi Jeff:
I have a question for you from a friend - do you know what is the ph level
(or other factor) is for classifying such liquids and solutions as acutely
hazardous vs. hazardous vs non-hazardous?
Thank you!
Sue Dayton
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
North Carolina Healthy Communities Program
PO BOX 44
Saxapahaw, NC 27340
(336) 525-2003
sdayton at swcp.com
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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 Jeff Hollar
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:06 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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