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<P>If you are involved with drug take-back events or programs, we invited you to complete a one-page survey for our National Director of Drug Take-Back and Disposal Programs. Contact us for a copy of this survey. So far, we have received feedback from about 94 programs across the country. We also assist in data collection and analysis based on standardized methods, such as systematic sampling. Since 2004, we have been maintaining the National Unused and Expired Medicines Registry. If you wish to share your data and have them be included in this Registry, please contact us.</P>
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<P>Matthew Mireles, PhD, MPH</P>
<P>President and CEO</P>
<P>Community Medical Foundation for Patient Safety</P>
<P><A href="http://www.communityofcompetence.com">www.communityofcompetence.com</A></P>
<P>832-778-7777<BR><BR><BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: "Suhr, Marcus W." <MSUHR@CHRISTIANACARE.ORG><BR>Sent: Nov 20, 2009 6:46 AM <BR>To: "Jaramillo, Jeanie" <JEANIE.JARAMILLO@TTUHSC.EDU>, pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us <BR>Cc: "Skaggs, Nathan" <NATHAN.SKAGGS@TTUHSC.EDU><BR>Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Donation of unused medications <BR><BR><ZZZHTML xmlns:u3="" xmlns:Z="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" xmlns:spsl="http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/PublishedLinksService" xmlns:pptsl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/SlideLibrary/" xmlns:ex12m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" xmlns:ex12t="http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" xmlns:spwp="http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages" xmlns:mrels="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns:mver="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:mdssi="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/digital-signature" xmlns:dssi="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig" xmlns:dsss="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig-setup" xmlns:wf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" xmlns:udcp2p="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/parttopart" xmlns:udcxf="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" xmlns:udcs="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:sps="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" xmlns:sp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" xmlns:u2="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" xmlns:u1="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:udc="http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" xmlns:dsp="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:ds="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:dir="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" xmlns:ois="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" xmlns:ppda="http://www.passport.com/NameSpace.xsd" xmlns:x2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" xmlns:mt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/meetings/" xmlns:Repl="http://schemas.microsoft.com/repl/" xmlns:rtc="http://microsoft.com/officenet/conferencing" xmlns:q="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><ZZZHEAD><ZZZMETA CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii" HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type"><ZZZMETA content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)" name="Generator">
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=blue size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Check with your state board of pharmacy. Ours here in </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=blue size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Delaware</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=blue size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> does not allow re-dispensing. One of the reasons mentioned is quality control. Even though it may still be in blister packaging, or plastic wrap, it could have been in someone’s trunk or other location exposed to temperature or moisture fluctuations. While it is a shame for expensive pharmaceuticals to go to waste, we also experienced ‘pain’ during a take-back event (here at our site in the spring of this year) when literally hundreds of thousands of dollars of pharms were disposed of. One of the cited examples was a misorder of $10,000 +(the company would not take the original order back from the patient). I do know that our HIV clinic uses a program to donate overseas (Aid for AIDS).</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT color=blue size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Marcus Suhr, CSP<BR>Industrial Hygienist<BR>Christiana Care Health Services<BR>Occupational Safety Department, Office L840J<BR>4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road<BR>Newark, DE 19718<BR>302-733-3787 (office) <BR>302-573-7662 (pager)<BR>302-733-3771 (fax)<BR></SPAN></FONT><A href="mailto:MSuhr@christianacare.org" target=_blank>MSuhr@christianacare.org</A><FONT color=blue><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"> </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jaramillo, Jeanie [mailto:Jeanie.Jaramillo@ttuhsc.edu] <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thursday, November 19, 2009</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">5:04 PM</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Skaggs, Nathan<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Pharmwaste] Donation of unused medications</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=2 face=Calibri><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Does anyone have a good resource for information on the donation of unused medicines or information that basically prohibits this? I have a pharmacist who supplies meds to long term care facilities in blister packs and is interested in donating unused portions. Also, having recently conducted a take-back program, we collected numerous items from the public that were still factory-sealed. Thank you. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Monotype Corsiva"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Monotype Corsiva'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Jeanie Jaramillo, PharmD</SPAN></FONT></P>
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