[Pharmwaste] Re: Pharmwaste Digest, Vol 54, Issue 8

[William More]

So are you all using this list from the Federal Register when they were asking for comments on making Pharmaceuticals Universal Waste:

FEDERAL HAZARDOUS WASTE/ PHARMACEUTICALS
 

P-listed pharmaceutical wastes include 
arsenic trioxide (P012), 
phentermine (CIV) (P046, listed as alpha, alpha- dimethyl-benzeneethanamine), 
epinephrine (P042),(only CAS# 51-43-4)
physostigmine (P204),
 nicotine (P075), 
physostigmine salicylate (P188), 
nitroglycerin (P081), 
warfarin (>0.3%) (P001). 
 
U-listed pharmaceutical wastes include 
chloral hydrate (CIV) (U034),
paraldehyde (CIV) (U182), 
chlorambucil (U035), 
phenol (U188), 
cyclophosphamide (U058),
 reserpine (U200), 
daunomycin (U059), 
resorcinol (U201), 
dichlorodifluoromethane (U075), 
diethylstilbestrol (U089),
 selenium sulfide (U205), 
hexachlorophene (U132),
 streptozotocin (U206),
 lindane (U129),
 trichloromonofluoromethane (U121),
 melphalan (U150),
 uracil mustard (U237), 
mercury (U151), 
warfarin (0.3%) (U248), 
mitomycin C (U010). 
 
Characteristic pharmaceutical wastes include those that may exhibit the ignitability characteristic, such as solutions containing more than 24% alcohol. Others may exhibit the reactivity characteristic, such as nitroglycerine. Pharmaceuticals exhibiting the corrosivity characteristic are generally limited to compounding chemicals, including strong acids, such as glacial acetic acid, and strong bases, such as sodium hydroxide. Depending on the concentration in different pharmaceutical preparations, pharmaceuticals may also exhibit the toxicity characteristic (TC) because they contain arsenic (D004), barium (D005), cadmium (D006), chloroform (D022), chromium (D007), lindane (D013), m-cresol (D024), mercury (D009), selenium (D010), or silver (D011) at concentrations exceeding the regulatory criteria. 
 
See 21 CFR 1308 for a complete list of controlled substances. DEA
 
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