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UCSF pharmacy students urge better implementation of sharps/mail-back, opioid safety and card standardization
Summary
Several UCSF pharmacy students gave public comments asking DPH to prioritize implementation and outreach for a sharps mail-back bill ("SB 2 12"), promote opioid-safety measures for pediatric populations, standardize health-care cards for pharmacy processing, and include pharmacists in overdose-prevention legislation.
A group of third-year pharmacy students from UCSF addressed the Health Commission during the public-comment period on Oct. 2 with several related policy requests.
Rachel Gordon urged stronger public education about the recently passed sharps and medical-waste law (referred to in her remarks as "SB 2 12") and recommended that the Department of Public Health advertise mail-back options, publish a clear phone and website contact for bag requests, and ensure that elderly and homebound residents have access to…
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