Controlled Substance disposal

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Olga Woloszczuk
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Controlled Substance disposal

Hello All,

Where are you disposing your controlled substance waste?
Do you discard by flushing down the toilet/ sink? squirting waste into biohazard/ sharps? or another container such as Cactus?

Has any received any citations from Joint Commission regarding disposal of controlled substance waste in sharps containers as not being considered 'secure' and the controlled substance is not considered 'non-retrievable'

Thanks,
Olga

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