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DRUG DISPOSAL offering a training program for pharmacy staff, nursing staff, environmental services staff, and safety personnel. To be certiﬁed, the hospital had to develop procedures for dealing with pharmaceutical waste streams, including state and federal hazardous drug waste, bulk chemotherapy waste, trace chemotherapy waste, biohazardous drug waste, controlled substances, and empty drug containers. “Cheryl Chisholm, pharmacy technician, and her team have worked hard over the past three years to pioneer this process in Michigan,” Smith said. “This achievement is all the more remarkable considering that the state has additional deﬁnitions of hazardous waste and is one of only two states that have added pharmaceuticals to their universal waste rules.” Up front COURTESY OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL Staff members from Northern Michigan Regional Hospital were the rst to receive a new certi cation in drug disposal. http://www.fougera.com

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Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 Contents Up Front Up Front In Depth Letters Health-System Edition Cover Story: Controlled Substance Disposal a Growing Problem for Hospitals Pharmacists Hope for Speedy Approvals Deaths from C. Difficile Increasing PharmMD Teams with HealthSpring RX Care Commentary Ohio Hospital Automates Pharmacy The Business Outlook for 2009 OTC The Pharmacist's Duty to Warn: Implications for Pharmacy Practice New Products Viewpoint

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Difficile Increasing (Page H6) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - Deaths from C. Difficile Increasing (Page H7) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - PharmMD Teams with HealthSpring (Page H8) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - PharmMD Teams with HealthSpring (Page 17) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - RX Care (Page 18) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - RX Care (Page 19) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - RX Care (Page 20) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - RX Care (Page 21) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - Commentary (Page 22) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - Commentary (Page 23) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - Commentary (Page 24) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - Ohio Hospital Automates Pharmacy (Page 25) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - Ohio Hospital Automates Pharmacy (Page 26) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - Ohio Hospital Automates Pharmacy (Page 27) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - Ohio Hospital Automates Pharmacy (Page 28) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - Ohio Hospital Automates Pharmacy (Page 29) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - The Business Outlook for 2009 (Page 30) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - The Business Outlook for 2009 (Page 31) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - The Business Outlook for 2009 (Page 32) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - The Business Outlook for 2009 (Page 33) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - The Business Outlook for 2009 (Page 34) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - The Business Outlook for 2009 (Page 35) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - OTC (Page 36) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - OTC (Page 37) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - OTC (Page 38) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - OTC (Page 39) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - The Pharmacist's Duty to Warn: Implications for Pharmacy Practice (Page 40) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - The Pharmacist's Duty to Warn: Implications for Pharmacy Practice (Page 41) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - The Pharmacist's Duty to Warn: Implications for Pharmacy Practice (Page 42) Drug Topics - December 12, 2008 - The Pharmacist's Duty to Warn: Implications for Pharmacy Practice (Page 43) Drug Topics - 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