[Pharmwaste] Alameda County Safe Medication Disposal Assessment

[Jim Mullowney]

Thank you Joel.

I think it is time to talk about cytotoxic drug control and as gross as it sounds the only source of cytotoxic waste in the water is from patient excretion. We put a car on the moon 40 years ago, we can collect pee in a cup.

 

Check out www.cytotoxicsafety.org and look for the World Health Organization’s report. The EU hired Deloitte to do a comprehensive study with 500+ references that clearly state the problem. I am attaching that report. 

We can do this.

From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Joel Kreisberg
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 4:39 PM
To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: [Pharmwaste] Alameda County Safe Medication Disposal Assessment

 

Hey Folks:

You can read the full report at 

http://www.teleosis.org/the-alameda-county-medication-disposal-initiative-assessment/

Here is the very brief highlights!

The Alameda County Safe Medication Disposal Initiative Assessment Key Findings:  

*	In 2009 just 473 pounds were reported from one site. By 2013, the most recent year accounted for, 13,919 pounds were collected and disposed, with an average of 449 pounds per site.
*	The largest collection sites are the Alameda County Sheriff’s Station (1100 pounds), Eden Medical Center (1036 pounds), Washington Hospital (960 pounds) and Ted’s Pharmacy (936 pounds).
*	In 2013, the extrapolated costs of disposal are $27,838, with an average costs per pound of $2.00, down from $2.51 per pound in 2009.

Teleosis Institute offers the following recommendations:

*	Establishing one centralized agency to oversee a countywide program would minimize operational overlap and thus improve collection efficiency.
*	With roughly 51% of the county citizens within close proximity to a take-back site, new sites are necessary for residents that lack easy access to take-back sites.
*	Establishing new sites in larger medical institutions, such as hospitals, would likely provide the most efficient and effective results.
*	Educating pharmacists would likely improve collection rates in pharmacies and educating health executives, health professionals in primary care and end-of-life caregivers will likely improve program outcomes.
*	Centralizing management would simplify the waste collection system and drive cost of disposal down.

Attached is the Executive Summary.

Joel

 

Dr. Joel Kreisberg, DC, CCH, ACC |Integrative Homeopathic Medicine | <http://drkreisberg.com> drkreisberg.com drkreisberg at joelkreisberg.com |510-558-7285 | skype: Joel.Kreisberg

 

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