Drug Destructor Help Centre

Drug Destructor is a medication waste tool for healthcare settings that is versatile, easy to use and simple to implement. This product was developed to meet the evolving standards related to medication waste. The Drug Destructor Bag is designed to remain at the point of care so medication waste can occur immediately. This ultimately improves compliance and staff satisfaction. 

Drug Destructor is an ideal medication waste tool for use across diverse healthcare settings including: acute care hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, operating rooms and in pharmacy USP 797 compliant clean rooms.

Each Drug Destructor bag contains a proprietary sachet containing powder. Upon contact with any liquid the sachet ruptures and the contents of the sachet absorb medications rendering the medication non-retrievable and unusable.   Our research has shown that approximately 95% of institutional medication waste is liquid waste but the Drug Destructor bag can also accept solid medication waste including tablets and capsules.

Yes, both liquid and solid medication waste are suitable to be used in Drug Destructor bags.  Our research has shown that approximately 95% of institutional medication waste is in the liquid form but the Drug Destructor bag can also accept solid medication waste including tablets and capsules. If a Drug Destructor bag contains only solids a small volume of tap water should be added to the bag to activate the sachet.

One of the strengths of Drug Destructor is that it is very simple to implement. There is no capital investment as the bags hang from existing infrastructure – the IV pole at the bedside. Use Drug Destructor bags to shift your medication waste compliance needs to your supply budget instead of other solutions which involve large capital investments.  The only expense of implementing Drug Destructor is the cost of the bags.