H&S, waste management and adverse reactions Flashcards
1
Q
What are some low to medium risk substances?
A
- Injectable substances
- Inhalational anaesthetics
- Vaccines
- Antibiotics
- Disinfectants
- Steroidal compounds
2
Q
What are some high risk substances?
A
- Cytotoxic drugs
- Tilmicosin
- Hormones
- Oil-based vaccines
- Glutaraldehyde disinfectants
- Large animal etorphine
3
Q
What is done in a risk assessment?
A
- Identify the hazards
- Decide who might be harmed and how
- Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions
- Record significant findings
- Review assessment and update if necessary
4
Q
What are specific product characteristics (SPCs)?
A
- Information of the safe use of each medicine are found in the SPC
5
Q
What is hazardous waste?
A
- Yellow waste segregation
- High temperature specialist incineration
6
Q
What is hazardous medicinal waste?
A
- Purple waste segregation
- High temperature specialist incineration
7
Q
What is non-hazardous medicinal waste?
A
- Blue waste segregation
- High temperature specialist incineration
8
Q
What is offensive waste?
A
- Yellow/black striped waste segregation
- For deep landfill or incineration fro energy
9
Q
What is domestic waste?
A
- Black waste segregation
- For recycling, landfill or incineration for energy
10
Q
How are OOD drugs disposed of?
A
- Disposed into a DOOP bin
11
Q
How are controlled drugs disposed of?
A
- All CDs must be effectively denatured before disposal
- Schedule 2 drugs requires a witness and must be recorded on the CD register
12
Q
How are adverse reactions assessed and classified?
A
- Probable
- Possible
- Unclassified
- Not drug related
