by Wanda Voigt, RN, BSNpublished

New Medication Disposal Regulations Can Help Long-Term Care Communities Lower Costs

Last updated on February 23, 2022

This article is an update of the original published on July 7, 2021. Regulations change frequently. That’s why Sharps Compliance monitors updates and communicates any changes to its customers.

With many long-term care (LTC) communities already struggling with staff shortages, rising salaries, declining resident census, and other challenges, new government regulations can seem like just one more burden. However, changes to federal medication disposal regulations can actually help assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities,  memory care facilities, and other providers realize significant savings.
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by Wanda Voigt, RN, BSNpublished

No More Flushing: Better Options for Safe Medication Disposal in Senior Living Facilities

Last updated on April 13, 2021

Many senior living providers aren’t aware that some common medication disposal methods may actually be putting them at risk from a compliance standpoint while reducing operational efficiency and eroding the bottom line. A new white paper published by Sharps Compliance and Senior Housing News explains how “best practices” in medication disposal are changing and how senior living providers can benefit from new, safer pharmaceutical disposal options.

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by Joe Jordanpublished

The Need to Incinerate Discarded Pharmaceuticals

Last updated on September 28, 2021

There has been an explosion of news coverage recently concerning issues with pharmaceuticals. There is an opioid epidemic, causing concerns for the proper management of opioids — mostly prescribed pills of pain relief opioids like Vicodin and Oxycontin. There is also a high level of environmental concern reflecting the disposal of medications of all types, as there are many studies that have been completed on the impacts of human-use pharmaceuticals on water habitats.

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