Enhancing Community Safe Medication Handling and Disposal Practices at a Local Pharmacy in Burnaby, BC
I. INTRODUCTION
- Definition of medication handling
- Background information on proper medication handling
- Description on common medication and medical waste pathways
- Purpose of this report
- Description of data sources
- Scope of this inquiry
II. DATA SECTION
- Overview of study design
- Proportion of medication waste streams
- Residential waste
- Local Sewage System
- Pharmacies
- Other disposal methods
- Proportion of medications kept beyond expiration date
- Proportion of separation of expired or unused medications from ones in use
- Common storage locations for old medications
- Method of medication storage when returned to pharmacy
- Views on addition of pharmacy supplied personal medication waste containers
- Limitations of survey and data
III. CONCLUSION
- Summary of overall interpretation of findings
- Recommendations for improving community medication handling and environment
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