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Pharma Pharmacy RCRA Waste Cont... <br /> iVo prescri �Y Waste <br /> ption medication may ire directed to the regular trash if it becomes RCRA Wastes--Medications and other chemicals may also becornII waste in <br /> Waste, the pharmacy Clue to damage 4r age. <br /> Many pharmacy products are"hazardous waste"due to certain They can no longer he used for their Intended purpose and need to me <br /> characteristics: dhsposed_ <br /> • Ignitability Waste materials of this type must be sealed in a freezer grade re-sealable <br /> • Corrosivity bag and placed in the bucket designated for Non-Controlled Substance <br /> • Toxicity Wastes. <br /> • Reactivity Sp 10 Cleanup Wastes—AII waste generated from cleaning v spilled <br /> They may also contain a chemical specifically listed by EPA as hazardous. medications or other chemicals in the pharmaLy(including but not limited to <br /> spill powder,wipes,gloves and the,iikeJ; <br /> • Nicotine products(gum,lozenges,and patches) <br /> • Must he sealed in s freezer grade re-sealable bag <br /> ■ Warfarin/Coumadin <br /> directed to the waste bucket that is designatetifor the Lype of rne¢1ca�5an <br /> • Epinephrine or chemical that is being cleaned up. <br /> 911 912 0 1 2 <br /> Pharmacy RCRA Waste <br /> Empty Containers(P-listed)—Under most circumstanced containers that formerly <br /> held drugs do not require any special handling for disposal when empty. siowever, <br /> EPA does maintain a fist of acutely hazardous chemicals whose empty contyainers must <br /> be managed as hazardous waste.In the pharmacy these include the following: <br /> Coumadin <br /> Warfarin <br /> CO1Z — Nicotine Patches <br /> c£ - 4a _ Epinephrine <br /> O '.d.` v Drugs <br /> c <br /> ry � � N g'Is. •� — Certain Intra-Venous Chemotherapy g <br /> s must be directed to the bucket <br /> ovaS a Empty containers thatformerly held these rug <br /> designated for EPA Speci#kaliy <br /> Listed Wastes. <br /> 4 to outer paekaging <br /> and cnly applies <br /> ot <br /> Please Note—This requifernent t�dcontac With the drugs <br /> to the package that actually <br /> 9119/0112 <br />