Medication Safety and Handling
Mandell’s Clinical Pharmacy wants to ensure that you have both a SUCCESSFUL and SAFE treatment. Therefore, we recommend visiting the following pages to learn about the safe handling and disposal of your medications and medication-related waste materials.
Hand Washing Techniques
The CDC provides excellent guidance on hand washing technique to minimize the infection and contamination risks related to handling medications.
Handling and Disposal
Handling of used sharps should always be done with care and discarded properly after use. We'll walk you through some basic "best practices" for disposing of sharps at home or at the office.
Medication Storage
Many medications need to maintain specific temperatures throughout their lifecycle to have the intended impact. Check out our quick-reference guide to determine if you should be refrigerating your medications.
Proper Disposal of Materials
When you finish your medications, you will want to properly dispose of the medications and vials, as well as your used needles and syringes.
Check out these two sites for assistance.
Traveling with Medications
If you are planning to travel while undergoing treatment, please take a look at these helpful tips.