PROBLEM, PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF EXPIRED MEDICINES.

Within the statement of the problem consider the following: The no knowledge of chemicals, their hazard characteristics, environmental and occupational risk. Lack of knowledge of preventive and corrective actions in case of emergency. The maturity dates, is a reflection of the stability of a drug, the poor handling of expired products can cause: Pollution Or the discharge to drains harms aquatic life Or consumption can accumulate in the tissues of living things and then express their toxic properties. Go to the informal distribution chain and enter the market again. standards must be applied to industrial safety and occupational hygiene during the process of receiving and product returns. “The awareness in the management of expired medicines and their way of disposing on and off, to be no health problems and help conserve the environment is the fundamental objective of all.”