[Pharmwaste] Sampling at Take-Back Event

Tue Apr 5 15:19:22 EDT 2011

Does anyone think that if you put the survey in the paper as part of advertising for the event, that you'd get people to fill it out ahead of time and get a higher rate of response?  I like the survey Maine did with their mail back program, but it would probably have to be filled out ahead of time since it includes pill counts. It is detailed, but I think it helped them with the legislation to limit the first time fill for prescriptions that were most commonly wasted due to side effects or incompatibility with other medication. 

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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 Ed Gottlieb
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:34 PM
To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us; Jim Clark; Amy Tiemeier
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Sampling at Take-Back Event

Amy,

For a full description of how we inventory go to the "New Resources"
options at:
http://www.takebacknetwork.com/local_efforts.html 
The how-to video guide and the inventory spreadsheet are from our
efforts.

I hope to replace the drug inventory spreadsheet with an improved
version later this week.
We plan on fully inventorying every tenth vehicle and all controlled
substances.

Here is the survey we use:

Pharmaceutical waste collection day survey	o TCAT	o Tburg	o
Newfield

Thank you for coming today.  May I ask you 5 brief questions about our
event?  

Did you come to either of our previous 2 events?  	o Yes,
both	o Yes, one	o No   

How did you hear about this event?  (check all that apply)
o Radio	   o Website/internet	o Friend/relative      o
Newspaper sticker     o Newspaper ad/article
o Flier or poster	o Bus   	          	o Banner	
      o Agency newsletter     o Place of worship       
o Other _________________________

What would you have done with these medications if you hadn’t heard
about this event?
o Flush or wash down the drain 	o Throw them in the trash
	o Other collection event 
o Continue to hold on to them 	o Don’t know		o Other
_________________________

Why do you want to get rid of these medications?  (check all that
apply)
o Medication expired			o Stopped using or don’t need
this medication 		
o Did not want anyone else to use it	                o Deceased
o Protect environment			o Safety for myself & household

o Don’t know				o Other
___________________________

What town do you live in?
o Caroline (incl. Brooktondale, Slaterville Springs)	o
Danby		
o Dryden (incl. Freeville, Etna, Varna, V. Dryden) 	o
Enfield				
o Groton (incl. V. Groton, McLean) 			o Ithaca
(city)		
o Ithaca (town incl. V. Cayuga Heights)			o
Lansing (incl. V. Lansing)			
o Newfield					o Ulysses (incl.
Jacksonville, V. Trumansburg)
o Tompkins Co. (don’t know municipality)		o Other
______________________________________	

Other comments

Good luck!

Ed Gottlieb
Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal
Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator
Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility
525 3rd Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
(607) 273-8381
fax: (607) 273-8433
egottlieb at cityofithaca.org 

>>> Jim Clark <jac20 at psu.edu> 4/5/2011 9:27 AM >>>
Amy,

I ask people to fill out the short survey below at the collection sites
we manage. No personal information, but it gets us some demographical
info. For what you are doing, it would be interesting to know the age of
the medications, controlled verses uncontrolled, and type of medication
(pills verses patches etc.). My two cents!

Jim Clark, Extension Educator
Penn State Extension of McKean County

Town/County you live in? ___________________________________
Whose medication was it?
                _____ Mine
                _____ Family or Household Member
                _____ Friend
                _____ Pet
How did you find out about this event?
___________________________________
Age Demographics:
_____ Under 20               _____ 20 to 30 _____ 31 to 40 _____ 41 to
50  _____ 51 to 60 _____ 61 to 70 _____ 71 to 80                _____ 81
and up
Have you flushed or washed medications down the drain in the past?
_____ Yes           _____ No
Comments and Recommendations:

From: Tiemeier, Amy [mailto:Amy.Tiemeier at stlcop.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 3:38 PM
To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us 
Subject: [Pharmwaste] Sampling at Take-Back Event

List Members,

I will be collecting data from a sampling of meds that are brought back
in our region during the DEA National Take Back Initiative on April
30th.

I wanted to see if anyone could provide me some insight on what would
be the best way to sample (e.g. 1 out of every 10 bags/boxes, 1 lb out
of every box, etc.).

Additionally, I wanted to find out what information people thought
would be valuable to gather. It is intended to be anonymous so no
individually identifiable information will be gathered.

Thank you for any insights or thoughts you may have.

Amy

Amy Tiemeier, Pharm.D., BCPS
Associate Director of Experiential Education
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice

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