Best Management Practices for Health Care Facilities

This guidance document describes Best Management Practices (BMPs) that EPA recommends to health care facilities, such as hospitals, long-term care facilities, medical clinics, and doctors' offices, when managing and disposing of unused pharmaceuticals. Environmental managers at health care facilities can use these BMPs to minimize sewer disposal of pharmaceuticals and properly manage unused pharmaceuticals. EPA's goal is to keep pharmaceuticals out of U.S. waters.

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EPA Guidance Document: Best Management Practices for Unused Pharmaceuticals at Health Care Facilities