Legal regulation of pharmaceutical waste management in Lithuania

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Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Legal regulation of pharmaceutical waste management in Lithuania
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Profesinės studijos: teorija ir praktika [Professional studies: theory and practice]. 2016, Nr. 17, p. 26-33
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Atliekų tvarkymas / Waste management.
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ENProblems of pharmaceutical waste collecting and its management in Lithuania are discussed in paper. Experience of pharmaceutical waste management in United Kingdom is analysed. Analysis of acts relating with pharmaceutical waste management and valid in Lithuania republic is carried out. Methods of research publications, acts and statistics analysis were applied. Procedure of pharmaceutical waste collecting from inhabitants and its transfer to waste manager selected by Ministry of Health in public pharmacies of Lithuania Republic is described. Pharmaceutical waste belongs to hazardous waste category; therefore most safe method of its elimination is incineration in single-purpose waste incineration devices. Key words: medical waste, pharmaceutical waste, pharmaceutical waste management, pharmaceutical waste collecting. [From the publication]

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1822-3648
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