Hazardous Waste

Question 1

Hazardous waste

Answer 1

Waste that is dangerous or potentially harmful to our health or environment.
Pharmaceutical hazardous waste can be:
- liquids
- solids
- gases
- sludge
- expired medications or chemical supplys

Question 2

Who regulates pharmaceutical hazardous waste

Answer 2

By the u.s. environmental protection agency and equivalent state agencies and must be handled by the approved waste hauler

Question 3

Hazardous waste is classified into

Answer 3

4 unique categories based on the individual products
- Cii
- Ciii-v
- p-listed (acutely toxic pharmaceutical hazardous waste)
- non- controlled prescription drugs

Question 4

Hazardous waste can include

Answer 4

• patient vials
• damaged products
• STARS returns
• expired products
• loose/ dropped pills

Question 5

STARS returns

Answer 5

Strategic tracking and analytical reporting system

Question 6

Key changes to hazardous waste part 1

Answer 6

Hazardous waste claims can now be created on the handheld device (previously, this was managed via stock adjustments)
- select pharmacy team members can now create hazardous waste claims for non-controlled and P-listed products
-Pharmacists can now create hazardous waste claims for all drug classes (non-controlled, controlled, and P-listed products)

Question 7

Key changes to hazardous waste part 2

Answer 7

-all controlled products need to be approved by the pharmacist
- all products that are over a specified dollar threshold will have to be approved by the pharmacist on the desktop

Question 8

Key changes to hazardous waste part 3

Answer 8

Remember, RxI is a perpetual inventory system, and on-hands quantities are tracked at the NDC/pill level
- do not wait to open a claim because your inventory quantities will be inaccurate
- as best practice, any items in a hazardous waste claims should be approved as soon as possible

Question 9

Key changes to hazardous waste part 4

Answer 9

• hazardous waste claims can now be reviewed, edited, and deleted on the desktop
• when claims are given to the waste hauler, they will now need to be scanned out which will move it to a shipped status
  -team members now have the ability to view hazardous waste claims history on the desktop