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McKean County, PA

Unwanted Medication Collection

Program

Bradford Regional Medical Center

Bradford, PA, McKean County

Saturday, May 16, 2009, 8 to Noon

The Beginning!

Allegheny, Susquehanna and

Genessee Rivers

Partners and Resources

PA CleanWays – 2 million dollar insurance, volunteers, DEP Household Hazardous Grant

Administration

Penn State Extension – Leadership, advertising, and organization.

McKean Conservation District – Leadership, volunteers, and Water Resources Education

Network Grant (WREN) Administration.

Partners and Resources

Bradford Regional Medical Center – Site and

Pharmacist

Environmental Enterprises Incorporated,

Cincinnati, Ohio – Non – controlled substances

McKean County Sherriff and Deputy

Security and Controlled Substances

Hamot Medical Center, Erie, PA - Incinerator

Partners and Resources

McKean County Commissioners – Political and

Financial Support

PA DEP – Household Hazardous Grant – 50% of Costs

League of Women Voters – WREN Grant –

$5000.00

– Unwanted Medication Collection Event

– Educational PowerPoint

– Personal Care Home Survey

Unwanted Medication Collection

Program

• Saturday, May 16, 2009

• Bradford Regional Medical Center Parking Lot

• 8AM to Noon

Educational PowerPoint

OBJECTIVES

Explain the Issue

Share USGS and Dr Volz Research Information

Tour of Wastewater Treatment Plant

Send NO Flushing Message

Advertise the Unwanted Medication Collection

Event

Research Data

• Fish Study – June 14, 2008

• Dr. Conrad Volz, University of Pittsburgh,

Control Study on Upper Allegheny River

You Wouldn’t Do This!

So Don’t Do This!

Placemat – 12,000 Distributed

Survey Results

• Cameron, McKean, and Potter County

Personal Care Homes

• 5 Facilities Surveyed

• Total Beds = 459

• Average = 91.8 Beds

• % Beds Occupied – 93% Average

Medication Disposal Needs

• Increasing – 2 (40%)

• Decreasing – 0

• Same – 3 (60%)

Type of Pharmacy Used

• Mail – Order Pharmacy – 1

• Long Term Care Pharmacy – 4

• Veterans Pharmacy – 1

• Pharmacy Management Group - 1

Reasons for Unwanted Medications

• Patient leaves or dies – 3

• Allergic or adverse reaction – 1

• Medication Expired – 2

• Medication No longer required – 5

• Patient refused treatment – 3

• Excess dosage – 1

• Medication dropped or spilled - 4

Reasons Why They Flush

• Does not flush – 1

• Medicare Policy – 1

Medicaid Policy – 1

• Drug Enforcement Agency policy – 1

• Facility Guidelines – 2

• Other (Disposed of in Sharps Container) - 1

If flushed- Water Destination

• Wastewater sent to Sewage

Treatment Plant - 4

How Often Do You Dispose

• As necessary – 2

• Once/week – 1

• Once/month - 1

Who Should Create Alternative to

Flushing

• State Government – 1

• Federal Government – 3

• Pharmaceutical Companies – 1

Pharmaceutical Movement

A. 0-4-2-0

B. 0-4-1-0

C. 0-3-2-0

D. 1-4-0-0

E. 0-3-0-0

F. 2-4-0-0

Who Is Flushing

• We found that 3 facilities are flushing 100% of their controlled substances.

• One Facility Manager Suggestion:

– “Have a bolted down safe that can receive controlled substances and then Pharmacy

Representative visits and opens and empties periodically. “

Thank You

• Jim Clark, Extension Educator

Penn State Coop Extension of McKean jac20@psu.edu

814-887-5613

Heather McKean, Watershed Specialist

McKean County Conservation District hsmckean@mckeancountypa.org

814-887-4003

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