Pharmaceutical waste in the UK

How pharmacies, wards and clinics should store and hand over pharmaceutical waste, when a consignment note is required, and what cannot go in a sharps bin.

Returned medicines, expired stock and cytotoxic items are not general waste. They need approved containers and a licensed treatment route.

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