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Chapter 3 Flashcards

1
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What PPCPs stands for?

A

Pharmaceutical Personal Care Product

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2
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Define pharmaceutical medicinal products

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Any chemical substance intended for use in the medical diagnosis, cure, treatment or prevention of disease

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3
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During their life cycle what can be emitted into the environment?

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Original substance of medicinal products and their residues
API
Metabolites
Transformation products

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4
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What are the stages of pharmaceutical product?

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R&D and manufacturing
Distribution
Consumption
Waste management

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What are the three sub-stages of manufacturing?

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Research and development of API
Synthesis of APIs
Formulation of the final medicinal product

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6
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What is distribution?

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All about storage and transport

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Consumption contributes to what?

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Emission of medicinal products into the environment mainly through human and farm animal excretions which are continually released in raw sewage or soil

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What is waste management?

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Medical waste includes unused medicinal products and contaminated materials and liquids generated during manufacturing and administration

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9
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Medical waste is usually disposed off how?

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Directly in the bin, thus joining municipal waste in the drains

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10
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Where are liquid medical waste disposed?

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Joining excretions in the sewage network, or is collected through collection schemes

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How PPCP enters into eco system?

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Medicinal product residues of various categories have been detected in all environmental compartments, including sewage water, surface water, ground water, soil, air and biota

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12
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How to make manufacturing more sustainable?

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Sustainable production → developing greener medicinal products
Medicinal products with a more environmentally-friendly profile compared to conventional medicinal products
Green chemistry
Green chemical design

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13
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What will green chemistry and chemical design help with?

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Improved selectivity
Quick environmental degradation

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14
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How to make distribution more sustainable?

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Use recycled materials when possible
Design packaging for biodegradability and recycling

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What is pill economy

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16
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What is product labeling?

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Summary of product characteristics
Package leaflet for patient use, product storage and disposal

17
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What should labeling aim at?

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Minimizing the quantity discharged into the environment by appropriate mitigation measures

18
Q

Why flushing should be strongly discouraged?

A

Environmentally damaging

19
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How to make disposal more sustainable?

A

Recycling programs
Take-back programs

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