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<DIV>In Collier County, Florida, YRD's (Youth Relations Deputy) from the Collier
County Sheriff's office are assigned to all schools (including private)
These officers collect controlled substances (from the school nurses who
administer them) at the end of each semester. They are treated as
abandoned property, secured and incinerated under the same procedure and policy
that Operation Medicine Cabinet secures medications from the public.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Non controlled medications are collected by Hazardous Waste management and
incinerated. </DIV>
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<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 7/13/2009 1:50:48 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
Stevan.Gressitt@maine.gov writes:</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Also see at the
bottom of the page:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A
title=http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/brochures/stimulant/stimulant_abuse.htm#h
href="http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/brochures/stimulant/stimulant_abuse.htm#h">http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubs/brochures/stimulant/stimulant_abuse.htm#h</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#993366 size=2
face="Goudy Old Style"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Goudy Old Style'; COLOR: #993366; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Stevan
Gressitt, M.D., Medical Director</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#993366 size=2
face="Goudy Old Style"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Goudy Old Style'; COLOR: #993366; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Office
of Adult Mental Health Services</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#993366 size=2
face="Goudy Old Style"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Goudy Old Style'; COLOR: #993366; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Department
of Health and Human Services</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><st1:place
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Goudy Old Style'; COLOR: #993366; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Marquardt</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceName><FONT
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color=#993366 size=2 face="Goudy Old Style"><SPAN
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Floor</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#993366 size=2
face="Goudy Old Style"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Goudy Old Style'; COLOR: #993366; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">11
State House Station</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><st1:Street
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Blossom Lane</SPAN></FONT></st1:address></st1:Street><FONT color=navy><SPAN
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<st1:State w:st="on">ME</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
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face="Goudy Old Style"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Goudy Old Style'; COLOR: #993366; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ph:
(207)287-4273</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Goudy Old Style"><SPAN
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lang=FR>Fax: (207)287-1022</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy" lang=FR><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Goudy Old Style"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Goudy Old Style'; COLOR: #993366; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=FR>Cell Phone: (207) 441-0291</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy" lang=FR><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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lang=FR>stevan.gressitt@maine.gov</SPAN></A></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#993366
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face=Tahoma><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Tenace, Laurie<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, July 13, 2009 12:04
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> William More;
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [Pharmwaste] Re: Pharmwaste
Digest, Vol 45, Issue 3</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#1f497d size=2 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">We have been asked this question in
the past and below is the response we developed with help from the Florida
Department of Health: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT size=2 face=Consolas><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt">Thank you for your inquiry about how a school should
dispose of student medicines that have not been claimed by the parent/guardian
at the end of a school year. We collaborated at an earlier date about
this question with colleagues in the Florida Department of Health and the
Florida Board of Pharmacy to ensure that our guidance agreed with their
applicable regulations as well as our agency’s
regulations.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT size=2 face=Consolas><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT size=2 face=Consolas><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"> First and foremost, the school
should make sure that our disposal recommendations (below) do not conflict
with any specific policies or procedures of their school or school district.
The school may have liability, insurance, etc. concerns of which we are not
aware that warrant or mandate a different method of disposal of these
medications. If there is a specific policy for the school or school district,
that policy should be followed.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT size=2 face=Consolas><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT size=2 face=Consolas><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"> Absent a specific school or
school district policy or procedure, we recommend that the school make a good
effort to return these unused medications to the parent/guardian (not to the
student due to the potential for misuse and its attendant liability for the
school). If the school can get them back to the parents, provide the parents
with a copy of our disposal guidance (attached). <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT size=2 face=Consolas><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT size=2 face=Consolas><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"> For those medications that, for
whatever reason, the school cannot get back to the parents, the school should
follow our disposal guidance (attached). That disposal guidance
recommends disposal of the medications in the trash, after taking precautions
to prevent intentional or unintentional misuse. Those precautions
include removing the patient name and prescription number from the label;
mixing in a substance to render the medication unusable or unrecognizable; and
sealing and disguising the medication container. These medications
should not be flushed down a toilet or a drain. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT size=2 face=Consolas><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Our unused medication disposal guidance and other
information is available on our medications web in English and Spanish at <A
title=http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/medications
href="http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/medications">http://www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/medications</A>.</SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=#1f497d size=2><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#1f497d size=2 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal><B><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>William More<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, July 13, 2009 11:44
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Pharmwaste] Re: Pharmwaste
Digest, Vol 45, Issue 3<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV>
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class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Does anyone know what School
Nurses do with left over prescriptions at the end of the school
term/year? Epipens? Inhalers? Drugs? Is anyone aware of a school
district disposing of the same? Were they properly disposed?
Epipens are also
Sharps?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><BR><BR>---<BR>Note: As a courtesy
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