[Pharmwaste] Pharmaceutical Corrosives Correction

[Jeff Hollar]

EPA Waste Code for Sporanox Oral Solution is D002, not D003 as I indicated
in my previous post.  Sorry for the confusion.  

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 D002.  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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