St Gemma'S Hospice Policies And Guidance Page 18
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Appendix 3 Disposal Of Waste Medicines/Sundries in the Hospice
Blue Lidded Yellow Container
Red Lidded Yellow Container
Pharmaceutical Waste
Contaminated Sharps Waste
Blood contaminated needles
Part Used Syringes/bags with additives incl. CDs
Scalpels
Fully discharged syringes
Part Used Ampoules/vials including CDs
Lines and Cannulas
NO waste medicines
All non CD tablets/capsules/ointments that have been refused/dropped
Broken glass from non-drug sources
Empty Cartridges (eg insulin)
Any other unused non CD medicines
Waste which is known to be from an infected source
THE CLEAR LIDDED YELLOW CONTAINERS WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE – REPLACED BY RED LIDDED CONTAINER
Cytotoxic and Cytostatic medicines (e.g. hormones) see list attached – whole packs unwanted put in cupboard 3 drugs for disposal
to be dealt with by pharmacy technician. Single wasted or dropped tablets - contact hospice pharmacist/ Technician.
Medicines no longer required by patients – place in medicines not in use bag and put in cupboard 3 as before.
DO NOT PUT MEDICINES DOWN THE SINK Sue Ayers Moira Cookson + Trish Corcoran, August 2005
Disposal Of Waste Medicines/Sundries in the Hospice
no
Is waste possibly contaminated?
yes
(Blood, vomit etc)
Does it contain any medicine?
Is it a sharp?
yes
no
Is it a sharp?
yes
no
Put into red
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