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I stand somewhat corrected. I received a note from a person who takes a lot of pharm calls, as I do.
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<font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><font size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">"I have taken too many calls from grieving families wanting to be sure their loved one’s meds aren’t flushed by hospice
to think this is simply not an issue for sick people, chemo patients or otherwise. The more we educate people about this the more questions they’ll have and the less complacent they will be.</span></font></span></font></div>
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<font face="Times New Roman,serif" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><font size="2" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">I think DEA might appreciate knowing about chemo drugs. Just because they aren’t controlled doesn’t mean they don’t get
them at collection events. Should we assume cops are using the safe handling procedures that we would require of any person handling potentially hazardous waste? Isn’t this OUR piece of the puzzle?"</span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0px; "><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">I had thought about the fact that we should educate law enforcement on what to do. In our workshops, we just tell them
not to accept the materials and to direct people back to the facility they received it from. We should have a back up plan for them and a bit more detail on exactly how they should manage what they do receive.</span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0px; "><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">On Education in general: I was talking to my boss the other day about how much time I spend on this waste stream. Apparently
my manager even received a compliment on my work from local DEA. His thought was where is DEA, why aren't they helping more with the education. Where is the healthcare industry, what are they doing? They all know what PHARMA supported SMARxT did to education
efforts in MN (ignored collection). I get so wrapped up in the policy and procedures to figure out collection and disposal options that I haven't had time to think about how to better engage healthcare. We have some contact with the pharmacists association
and some pharmacies, but really none with the healthcare industry. I figure they'd need to be more involved in the prevention/reduction area, but I don't know that MN has really gone beyond pharmacies and we haven't done enough work with them yet. </span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0px; "><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Bottom line, the boss was pointing to product stewardship and that the manufacturers and health care providers need to
step up. I think different states have different levels of success already with involving the health care industry (not just pharmacies). </span></font></span></font></div>
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<div style="font-size: medium; margin: 0px; "><font size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">So, who's missing again, in this whole battle...who is silent until someone drafts up producer responsibility legislation...who
advertises and sells but doesn't engage in discussions with the Product Stewardship Institute or other organizations in their efforts to develop a collection and prevention system... </span></font></span></font></div>
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<div id="divRpF486076" style="direction: ltr; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] on behalf of Volkman, Jennifer (MPCA) [jennifer.volkman@state.mn.us]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 22, 2012 1:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] Chemo Drugs?<br>
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<div style="direction:ltr; font-family:Calibri; color:#000000; font-size:12pt">You are very right that a patient is in no way going to think about what to do with the unused chemo. Unless they are one of us...and then maybe not. We should focus on how to educate
oncologists and cancer treatment centers to accept it back and let patients know they do that.
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<div>I have no real good perspective on how toxic this is. I did have a HH program send a note saying that law enforcement found some during a screen. (We advise programs to do a visual screen as they are moving contents from the collection container to a disposal
container to catch thermometers) The HHW Program's contractor retrieved the chemo and lab packed it for disposal. I suppose this could be a management option for some law enforcement based programs out there if they are really well connected with their HHW
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<div>Mainly, it points to the fact that manufacturers and health care facilities should be more involved in collection and related policy.<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 22, 2012 1:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Volkman, Jennifer (MPCA); pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] Chemo Drugs?<br>
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<p><font color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">Jennifer, I totally agree that oncologists and dispensing pharmacies for chemo drugs are best equipped to handle disposal but they probably won't bother to take back unused amounts once the
drugs are dispensed. FYI, a lot chemotherapeutic drugs are prescribed for continuous infusion outside healthcare facilities. Patients actually go home with a portable pump loaded with the drug.</font></font></font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">I was involved with a neighbor who was a cancer patient. He passed away on night. I discovered this the next morning and called the authorities. I knew he had an infusion pump. With permission, I removed his pump with the
meds and returned it to his oncologist at the hospital without incident. But this may be a unique situation.</font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial">Cancer patients may not have the choice to refuse the medical treatment, or they may not care too much about proper disposal at that point when they are very sick and desperate to get well.</font></p>
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From: "Volkman, Jennifer (MPCA)" <br>
Sent: May 21, 2012 2:07 PM <br>
To: "pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us" <br>
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Chemo Drugs? <br>
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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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<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?</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'; color:black; font-size:10pt">Angela,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'; color:black; font-size:10pt">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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From: ANGELA Deckers <br>
Sent: May 21, 2012 11:41 AM <br>
To: <a href="mailto:pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us" target="_blank">pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'; color:black; font-size:10pt">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?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'; color:black; font-size:10pt">Please respond to me directly at
<a href="mailto:adeckers@cityofboise.org" target="_blank">adeckers@cityofboise.org</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Corbel','sans-serif'; color:black; font-size:10pt">208.384.3983</span><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'; color:black; font-size:10pt"></span></p>
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