St Gemma’s Hospice
waste bag
(eg lines,empty
infusion bag)
Put in red waste
no
yes
Put into red
bag/glass bin
sharps bin
Is it a cytotoxic /cytostatic medicine ?
no
yes
Put in cupboard for removal by
by pharmacy in original pack
or in cytotoxic/cytostatic
envelope provided
Is it a controlled drug?
no
yes
Has it already been booked
out of CD register for a patient
and partly used or refused?
no
yes
Is it a tablet or capsule?
no
yes
Put in blue
lidded medicines
sharps bin.
Is it expired stock
Put in CD envelope
or “patient’s own” ?
for destruction by
pharmacist
Leave for pharmacists
to destroy as before
Put in blue lidded
medicines sharps
bin
Sue Ayers, Dec 2005
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