Final Rule: Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals
Product Id : PFDA302Instructor : Charlotte Smith
Feb 26, 2020 12:00 PM ET | 11:00 AM CT | 09:00 AM PT | 60 Minutes
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Description
A great deal of confusion exists in healthcare today regarding the compliant management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals as defined by EPA and hazardous drugs as defined by NIOSH. In addition, there is uncertainty regarding the status of USP <800>, who enforces its standards, and how organizations can operationalize compliance with each of these requirements.
This session will provide a high level understanding of definitions and the current status of EPA’s new Final Rule based on state adoption and how to approach protecting employees from hazardous drugs.
This webinar will focus on the EPA’s new Final Rule for the management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and NIOSH’s definitions of a hazardous drug for the protection of employees. We’ll provide a high level summary of both issues, discuss the status of USP <800> with respect to the Assessment of Risk, and provide a check list to assist organizations in their compliance efforts.
Why Should You Attend:
Participants will receive a clear understanding of the definitions of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals from EPA’s regulations and hazardous drugs from the definitions provided by NIOSH. We will discuss how these two concepts must work together operationally in pharmacy and nursing policies and procedures to ensure corporate and employee protection, in addition to protection of the larger environment. Participants will receive a clear understanding of the definitions of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals from EPA’s regulations and hazardous drugs from the definitions provided by NIOSH. We will discuss how these two concepts must work together operationally in pharmacy and nursing policies and procedures to ensure corporate and employee protection, in addition to protection of the larger environment.
Who Will Benefit:
- Directors of Pharmacy
- Pharmacy Supervisors
- Directors of Nursing
- Nurse Educators
- Environmental Services Managers
- COOs
- Environmental Health and Safety Managers
Speaker Profile:
Charlotte Smith, R. Ph., M.S. is Senior Regulatory Advisor, PharmEcology Services, a business unit of WM Sustainability Services. She founded PharmEcology Associates, LLC in 2000 and sold the company to Waste Management in 2009. She co-founded Capital Returns, Inc., a nationally known pharmaceutical reverse distributor in 1991 and for 10 years served as president and chief regulatory advisor. Ms. Smith is a registered pharmacist who received her BS in Pharmacy and MS in Continuing and Vocational Education from the University of Wisconsin. She is a member of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
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