Medicine disposal

We are using the kitty litter/coffee grounds method because of concerns about the drugs going into the sewer system.

another way to deal with liquid meds is to use diapers (depending on the quantity you have).

I would imagine if you you tabs/capsules and a sharps container, you could use that. Having to grind them up and then mix w/litter or coffee grounds seems like a major problem.

Also, they are rare and far between, but I have found some places that will accept unused medications (but that would require an agency-level policy change.

I never put anything down the sink-- into the h20 supply, pretty much flush everything down the toilet. We are also allowed to mix the meds in a baggy w/flour or cat litter and add h20 to mush it and then throw in the trash.

We place medications ( liquid, tabs and capsules) in a plastic zip lock bag and add dish or laundry detergent. the bag is closed and then placed in regular trash. Detergen must be a regular detergent and not a natural product. The regular detergent turns the meds into a gel.

that's how we are told to do it where we work.... to dispose of all medications down the drain.

Where I work, capsules and pills go into the sharps box, and liquids go down the toilet.

i like the detergent use and then throw it in the trash - unless the trash goes into a landfill, then we end up with medications in the drinking water again at some point..... we use cat litter; cat litter with water makes enough of a mess that no one will ever want to take those meds again; some of our nurses microwave meds incl. suppositories in a plastic bag and then throw that in the trash. We also have families who will not put meds into their garbage, they consider it medical waste and want no part in that - i have taken meds home and mixed into my own used cat litter already; I also returned some liquids to our pharmacies for appropriate disposal and they take it no questions asked.