FAQ

Any resident in the state of California who is prescribed or purchases sharps. This program is for home-generated sharps waste only. Any entity in the state of California or entity that distributes sharps products into the state of California is eligible to participate and provide sharps waste containers to its patrons.

1.4 Q – approximately the size of a large water bottle. At this time, this is the only size container being offered through our sharps program.  See example container below.

Sharps include: hypodermic needles, pen needles, intravenous needles, lancets, and other devices used to penetrate the skin for the delivery of medication.

At this time, there is no limit on the number of sharps waste containers ordered. The website allows for quantities of up to 3 containers per submission, but the form may be submitted more than once.

To order containers over the phone or for general California sharps program inquiries, call 1-888-371-0717 or email take-back@inmar.com.

Please list your mailing address or PO Box where you receive your mail. Sharps units are sent out via United States Postal Service (USPS).

Once the container is full, please place the container back in the original packaging. The original packaging contains a pre-paid, pre-addressed label that can be placed in any USPS outgoing mail. For packaging instructions, please refer to the document included with mailback unit titled “ARXG Take Back Solutions Instructions”.

No, units do not get automatically sent out to program users when full containers are received at destruction without placing a new order. Users can either utilize safemedicinedrop.com or the portal (listed below) to order more containers. There is no automated system for when inventory is running low.

For orders placed on www.safemedicinedrop.com, containers will be received within 5 business days. For orders placed on the bulk ordering portal https://portal.americanrxgroup.com/inmar/ please allow 7-10 business days to receive bulk quantities of sharps waste container mailback units.

Email take-back@inmar.com with your name, address, and number of mailback units you wish to mail and any other pertinent information.

As of now, there is no requirement for documenting the distribution of sharps waste containers. Do not collect any patient information outside of what is required to request a sharps mailback unit on www.safemedicinedrop.com.

Signing up for the program does NOT automatically place an order.  You will still need to go to either safemedicinedrop.com or the portal to order inventory.

Please email your locations name, address, and contact person to info@takebackfoundation.org with the subject line “California Sharps Program”.

Once you have spoken to an Inmar representative and plan to utilize the bulk ordering system for on-site inventory, you will receive an email from noreply.amrxgroup@amrxgroup.com.  This email will contain your login credentials and a link directly to the portal as well as ordering instructions.

Send an email to take-back@inmar.com with your location name, address, and email.  We will request the welcome email to be re-sent.

http://www.safemedicinedrop.com is Inmar’s internal website.  This site is used to place individual orders (up to 3 containers).  Consumers can order on behalf of themselves, or pharmacists can order on behalf of consumers, and have the containers go directly to consumers’ homes.  The portal is used exclusively for sites to order bulk supplies in quantities of 24 units.

Bulk orders come in case packs of 24 units.  The weight of a case of 24 is 36 lbs and the dimensions of the box are 18” x 19” x 24”. Sites have the capability of ordering a maximum of 4 case packs of 24 units (for a total of 96 units) per form submission.

This program offers consumers the ability to safely dispose of unwanted, unused, or expired medication and/or sharps waste.

Proper disposal of unused drugs saves lives and protects the environment. Unused or expired prescription medications can lead to accidental poisoning, overdose, needlestick injuries and abuse. If unused prescription drugs or needles are thrown in the trash, they can be retrieved and abused, illegally sold, or transmit harmful bloodborne pathogens. Additionally, there are environmental impacts. Flushing unused drugs contaminates the water supply.

This service is provided at no cost to you.

When destroying medication, please make every attempt to safeguard your Protected Health Information (PHI). Remove any personally identifiable information on medication labels or product packaging before disposing.

We don’t trace anything about you. We use the information entered to send a sharps waste container. We never open the container later.

No, the container is destroyed immediately after being received.

We only report how many containers were sent back during the year and the total weight. We do not report anything about you.

Please write to us at take-back@inmar.com with any questions.