{"id":5318,"date":"2017-06-01T14:23:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T18:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/?p=5318"},"modified":"2017-06-02T14:24:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T18:24:05","slug":"patient-safety-sentinel-pharmaceutical-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/2017\/06\/patient-safety-sentinel-pharmaceutical-waste\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Safety Sentinel: Pharmaceutical Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pharmaceutical Waste<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharps Disposal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All syringes with or without needles (even oral), ampules, detached needles, and spikes on IV tubing are all considered sharps.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large wp-image-5316 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/files\/2017\/06\/Sharps-Disposal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/files\/2017\/06\/Sharps-Disposal.jpg 468w, https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/files\/2017\/06\/Sharps-Disposal-300x124.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Medication\/Non-Sharps Disposal<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Empty medication bottles and vials go in regular trash.<\/li>\n<li>Some special medications, as indicated on the label, need to be returned to pharmacy, such as albuterol inhalers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5315 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/files\/2017\/06\/Non-Sharps-Disposal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/files\/2017\/06\/Non-Sharps-Disposal.jpg 468w, https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/files\/2017\/06\/Non-Sharps-Disposal-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Helpful Hint: No sharps should go in ANY container with a liner or trash bag\u2014the person removing the bag could get hurt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Protecting our patients is the top priority at Cooper University Health Care. We need 100 percent compliance with all patient safety procedures.<\/p>\n<p>A sentinel is one who stands guard or watch to protect others. We need all employees to be sentinels to protect our patients and keep watch to ensure all patient safety procedures are being strictly followed.<\/p>\n<p>One Team. One Purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pharmaceutical Waste Sharps Disposal All syringes with or without needles (even oral), ampules, detached needles, and spikes on IV tubing are all considered sharps. Medication\/Non-Sharps Disposal Empty medication bottles and vials go in regular trash. Some special medications, as indicated on the label, need to be returned to pharmacy, such as albuterol inhalers. Helpful Hint: &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/2017\/06\/patient-safety-sentinel-pharmaceutical-waste\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5558],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-rmineo","4":"post-5318","6":"format-standard","7":"category-patient-safety-sentinel"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Patient Safety Sentinel: Pharmaceutical Waste - Weekly Rounds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Patient Safety Sentinel: Pharmaceutical Waste - Weekly Rounds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pharmaceutical Waste Sharps Disposal All syringes with or without needles (even oral), ampules, detached needles, and spikes on IV tubing are all considered sharps. 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