Controlled Drugs Disposal

Question 1

Solid dosage forms e.g. capsules and tablets

Answer 1

• Grind or crush the solid dose formulation before adding to CD denaturing kit to ensure whole tablets or capsules are not retrievable
• If a CD denaturing kit is not available= crush or grind solid dose formulations and place into a small amount of warm soapy water stirring sufficiently to ensure its fully dissolved or dispersed

Question 2

Liquid dosage forms

Answer 2

• Pour into an appropriately sized denaturing kit
• If a CD denaturing kit is not available then pour the liquid onto an appropriate amount of suitable product* and add this to an appropriate waste disposal bin
• Bottles should be rinsed and the liquid disposed using the denaturing kit then as the correct cateogry of pharmaceutical waste
• You should only pour it down the drain if you have a relevant trade effluent consent from the relevant sewerage undertaker

Question 3

Ampoules and vials

LIQUID AMPS

Answer 3

• Open up amp and empty the contents into a CD denaturing kit or dispose of in the same manner as liquid dosage forms
• Dispose of amp as sharps pharmaceutical waste

Question 4

Ampoules and vials

POWDER AMPS

Answer 4

• Open up amp and add water to dissolve the powder inside
• resulting mixture can be poured into the CD denaturing kit
• dispose of amp as sharps

Question 5

Patches

Answer 5

• Remove backing
• Fold patch over on itself
• Place into waste disposal bin or CD denaturing kit

Question 6

Aerosol formulations

Answer 6

-Expel into water
- Dispose of the resulting liquid using the denaturing kit then as the correct cateogry of pharmaceutical waste
OR
-IF safe, consider opening the container to safely release the CD, then the resulting mixture can be poured into a CD denaturing kit and disposed of as pharmaceutical waste