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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue'>Check with
your state board of pharmacy.&nbsp; Ours here in </span></font><font size=3
  color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
  "Times New Roman";color:blue'>Delaware</span></font><font size=3 color=blue
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:blue'> does not allow re-dispensing.&nbsp; One of the reasons mentioned
is quality control.&nbsp; Even though it may still be in blister packaging, or
plastic wrap, it could have been in someone&#8217;s trunk or other location
exposed to temperature or moisture fluctuations.&nbsp; While it is a shame for
expensive pharmaceuticals to go to waste, we also experienced
&#8216;pain&#8217; 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.&nbsp; One of the cited examples was a misorder of $10,000 +(the company
would not take the original order back from the patient).&nbsp; 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 size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:blue'>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">MSuhr@christianacare.org</a><font
color=blue><span style='color:blue'> </span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----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-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Thursday,
 November 19, 2009</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><font
 size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>5:04 PM</span></font><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><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>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Does anyone have a good resource for information on
the donation of unused medicines or information that basically prohibits
this?&nbsp; I have a pharmacist who supplies meds to long term care facilities
in blister packs and is interested in donating unused portions.&nbsp; Also,
having recently conducted a take-back program, we collected numerous items from
the public that were still factory-sealed.&nbsp; Thank you. </span></font></p>

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style='font-size:11.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Monotype Corsiva"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"'>Jeanie Jaramillo,
PharmD</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Monotype Corsiva"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"'>Managing Director,
Texas Panhandle Poison Center</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Monotype Corsiva"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"'>Assistant Professor,
Texas Tech UHSC School of Pharmacy</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Monotype Corsiva"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"'>1501 S. Coulter
St.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Monotype Corsiva"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"'>Amarillo, TX 79106</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Monotype Corsiva"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"'>P: (806) 354-1611</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Monotype Corsiva"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"'>C: (806) 672-0833</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Monotype Corsiva"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"'>F: (806) 354-1667</span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"'>Cisco IP: 30412</span></font></p>

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style='font-size:11.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

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