To stay ahead of the compliance curve and enhance our efforts to protect the environment for the communities we serve, a pharmaceutical waste disposal program is being implemented at WellStar Cobb, Douglas, Paulding, Kennestone and Windy Hill hospitals.
WellStar has contracted with Stericycle to help manage our pharmaceutical waste. Everyone who handles, dispenses or manages pharmaceuticals at each WellStar hospital will be participating in this important initiative.
New collection containers will be placed in centrally located areas for disposal of all pharmaceutical wastes. Implementation meetings will be conducted at all five WellStar hospitals and full implementation is scheduled to be completed in September. Training dates will be announced shortly.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Steven Ziffer at steven.ziffer@wellstar.org.
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