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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
SIRUM leverages technology to connect surplus unused medicine to patients in need. SIRUM provides “recycling” boxes to medicine donors such as long-term care facilities and licensed pharmacies, who package unopened, unexpired medication and ship them directly to community partners such as safety-net providers, nonprofit pharmacies, and drug repository programs.
It is traditional to expect that consumers get prescription drugs from a pharmacy and that the pharmacy got their drugs from a trusted source, such as manufacturer or wholesaler. [1] In a drug recycling program, consumers would access drugs through a less standardized supply chain. Consequently, concerns of the quality of the recycled drugs arise.
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Individual patients may have leftover medicines at the end of their treatment. Health care organizations may keep larger amounts of drugs as part of providing care to a community, and may have unused drugs for a range of reasons. The unused drugs should be destroyed utterly to eliminate the toxic effects of undisposed drugs on flora and fauna ...
Seattle will open a new space for people to recover and receive treatment for nearly 24 hours after they have overdosed on fentanyl or other drugs, Mayor Bruce Harrell announced Thursday. The ...
Bailey-Boushay House was the first inpatient hospice facility for AIDS patients in the United States. [1] It was founded by Betsy Lieberman and Christine Hurley of AIDS Housing of Washington with support from sources including Virginia Mason Medical Center, Boeing, Nordstrom, Weyerhaeuser, the Northwest AIDS Foundation, and an anonymous donation of $100,000 via the Archdiocese of Seattle. [2]
Bloodworks Northwest operates 12 donation centers in western Washington, as well as mobile donation vehicles. [8] Bloodworks Northwest claims it collects about 900 units of blood each day. Bloodworks Northwest also partners with western Washington hospitals to collect and preserve umbilical cord blood from new mothers, which are harvested for ...