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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060">If I was in a position to offer guidance to these patients, I would tell them not to take that stuff home unless the oncologist or clinic agreed to take back
any unused chemo medication. I say no, all of our guidance says, no, don’t accept it. I think most places will take it back. The first clinic that called me to find out how to take back pharms wanted to specifically take back chemo meds, which I thought was
great. But I know of one person on the list serve that had a doctor call who was upset that collection sites didn’t take chemo. Any doctor who thinks it make sense to expose people to this toxic formulation by putting it in collection bins needs to spend about
30 seconds thinking about potential exposure and liability, and you can help them with that.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Matthew C. Mireles<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 21, 2012 1:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ANGELA Deckers; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pharmwaste] Chemo Drugs?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Angela,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Because chemo drugs are considered toxic, we advise people to return any remaining chemo drug (with packaging, infusion pump, etc.) back to the oncologist or the location where the
drug was dispensed. We looked at this issue several years ago with respect to toxic chemical exposure to volunteers who would be handled returned drugs. It's not just an environmental concern but also an occupational exposure concern.
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Matthew Mireles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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From: ANGELA Deckers <br>
Sent: May 21, 2012 11:41 AM <br>
To: <a href="mailto:pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us">pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a>
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Subject: [Pharmwaste] Chemo Drugs? <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Do you accept chemo drugs in your drop-off programs at police stations? If so, are there special requirements for how residents should handle these and subsequently,
how police personnel should handle them?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Please respond to me directly at
<a href="mailto:adeckers@cityofboise.org">adeckers@cityofboise.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Thanks for your time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";color:black">Angela Deckers</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:adeckers@cityofboise.org"><span style="font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif"">adeckers@cityofboise.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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