Interview with Angel Bivens, BS Pharm, MBA, CSPI from the Maryland Poison Center about best practices for medication storage and disposal

Happy Poison Prevention Week!  National Poison Prevention Week is March 20-26, 2022. 🇺🇸

Second-time guest Angel Bivens (Pharmacist and Certified Specialist in Poison Information) shares best practices for medication storage and disposal.  Plus, the Maryland Poison Center is celebrating 50 years of service! Congrats! 🎉 What has changed between 1972 and 2022?  Listen, and find out!

Read the full show notes at https://www.thepharmacistsvoice.com.  Click on the podcast tab, and search for episode 141 for Angel's full bio and highlights from our conversation.

Thank you for listening to episode 141 of The Pharmacist’s Voice ® Podcast!

Mentioned in this episode 

☎️ Poison Help Line 1-800-222-1222 (Program this in your phone today, and share with others!)

LinkedIn for Angel Bivens https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelbivens/ 

The Pharmacist’s Voice Podcast Episode 87 featuring Angel Bivens (March 2021)

DEA Drug Take-Back events (spring and fall)

Maryland Poison Center website: www.mdpoison.com

To find your local poison center: www.aapcc.org

Resources for pharmacists and their patients:

Safe Storage: PROTECT Up and Away Campaign: www.upandaway.org

FDA: Disposal of Unused Medicines Includes link to “flush list”: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/safe-disposal-medicines/disposal-unused-medicines-what-you-should-know 

FDA and EPA home medication disposal tips https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/where-and-how-dispose-unused-medicines

Poison Prevention Press: http://bit.ly/PoisonPrevPress
One-page, plain language e-newsletter published every other month on varying topics; all current and previous issues available

Poison Prevention Press sign up: http://bit.ly/MPCSignUp

eAntidote Blog: blog.mdpoison.com 

Facebook: MarylandPoisonCenter 

Twitter: @MDPoisonCtr

Instagram: @MDPoisonCenter

YouTube: Maryland Poison Center

Resources with clinical information for pharmacists: 

ToxTidbits:  http://bit.ly/ToxTidbits
One-page clinical e-newsletter published monthly on various toxicologic topics; all current and previous issues available

ToxTidbits sign up: http://bit.ly/TTBSignUp

Twitter: @MPCToxtidbits

To see MPC’s one-minute, time-lapse video of a button battery cooking a hot dog, click here.

Duquesne University 

University of Baltimore

Thank you for listening to episode 141 of The Pharmacist’s Voice ® Podcast!