PharmEcology Services, a business unit of Houston-based Waste Management’s (WM’s) sustainability services, recently unveiled its new website and database. The new www.pharmecology.com is the result of two years of redesign efforts. It is designed to help clients avoid fines and be sure they are following state and federal regulations regarding pharmaceutical waste management.
Several new features are designed to make it easier to search for drug products by brand name, generic name or manufacturer. In addition to federal waste categorization information for more than 220,000 drug products, the site identifies all drugs on the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health’s 2016 hazardous drug list.
There is also state-specific hazardous waste categorization at the product level. According to WM, states can decide individually whether to call for stricter compliance rules. To keep users informed, the new site features state summaries, which are documents clarifying state interpretations that could greatly impact a client’s pharmaceutical waste program.
Monica Livingston Sr., implementation manager of PharmEcology, aided in giving the old database its new look and feel, but the site is often just a jumping off point for deeper, operational involvement.
“The action part is the other side of what PharmEcology does,” Livingston says. “We go to clients and help them use the information from the site. We develop programs they can implement, help them through the action steps, provide training and even audits if a program has been in existence for a while.”
In addition to looking up drug product information and regulations, customers can also go to the new site for news alerts and major regulatory updates. About 350 clients currently use the site.
Several new features are designed to make it easier to search for drug products by brand name, generic name or manufacturer. In addition to federal waste categorization information for more than 220,000 drug products, the site identifies all drugs on the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health’s 2016 hazardous drug list.
There is also state-specific hazardous waste categorization at the product level. According to WM, states can decide individually whether to call for stricter compliance rules. To keep users informed, the new site features state summaries, which are documents clarifying state interpretations that could greatly impact a client’s pharmaceutical waste program.
Monica Livingston Sr., implementation manager of PharmEcology, aided in giving the old database its new look and feel, but the site is often just a jumping off point for deeper, operational involvement.
“The action part is the other side of what PharmEcology does,” Livingston says. “We go to clients and help them use the information from the site. We develop programs they can implement, help them through the action steps, provide training and even audits if a program has been in existence for a while.”
In addition to looking up drug product information and regulations, customers can also go to the new site for news alerts and major regulatory updates. About 350 clients currently use the site.
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