Pharmaceutical Waste Workshops

MnTAP is sponsoring three pharmaceutical waste workshops to assist hospital-based pharmacies. Attendees will learn how to stay in compliance with the environmental regulations. And, they will learn about opportunities to minimize drug waste, in order to reduce waste management costs and public health impacts.

The three-hour workshops will cover:
• Pharmacy hazardous waste overview
• 10-step blueprint for managing pharmaceutical waste
• Reducing pharmaceutical waste
• Regulatory update

Presenters

• Charlotte Smith, president of PharmEcology Associates, LLC, has over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
  
• Catherine Zimmer, health care pollution prevention specialist for MnTAP has worked in health care issues for 20 years and has been a hazardous waste inspector.
• Tanya Maurice, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• Barb Bickford and Joanie Burns, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Friday, September 7, 2007. 8:30 a.m. to noon.
St. Luke’s Hospital, Duluth, Minnesota. The cost is $30 and includes continental breakfast. Questions? Call MnTAP at 612.624.1300 or 800.247.0015. Registration deadline is August 31. Register

Saturday, September 8, 2007. 1:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
Concurrent session, Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin Annual Conference. The cost ranges from $55 for students to $400 for nonmembers. Early registration discount before August 20. La Crosse, Wisconsin.
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Thursday, October 11, 2007. 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Madison, Wisconsin. $50, registration is limited. Live or available as a Webinar broadcast, hosted by the Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center (SHWEC), University of Wisconsin. Questions? Call Steve Brachman, SHWEC, at 414/227-3160. Register / More