USP <800> compliance, made practical.
USP <800> sets the standard for safely handling hazardous drugs to protect healthcare workers, patients, and the environment. Here’s what it requires, how it connects to your waste streams, and how proper disposal fits into a compliant program.
What USP 800 asks of you.
The standard spans receiving, storage, compounding, PPE, and — critically — disposal.
- Hazardous drug (HD) identification
- PPE & engineering controls
- Safe handling & compounding
- Spill response
- Trace chemo waste disposal
- RCRA-hazardous drug disposal
How disposal fits your HD program.
Identify HDs
Know which drugs on your list are hazardous under the NIOSH list referenced by USP 800.
Segregate waste
Trace chemo to yellow containers; bulk and P-listed HDs to RCRA-hazardous.
Compliant destruction
Trace chemo incinerated; RCRA-hazardous manifested to a permitted facility.
Document it
Certificate of Destruction and manifests support your HD safety program records.
Protects your staff
Correct HD waste handling is a core part of worker protection under USP 800.
Right stream, right process
We separate trace chemo from bulk/RCRA-hazardous so each is destroyed correctly.
Permitted destruction
Incineration and manifested hazardous disposal at permitted facilities.
Documented
Certificates and manifests archived to support audits and inspections.
For anyone handling hazardous drugs.
USP 800 questions.
What is USP 800?
USP General Chapter <800> is the standard for handling hazardous drugs in healthcare settings. It sets requirements for facilities, engineering controls, PPE, safe handling, and disposal to protect personnel, patients, and the environment from hazardous-drug exposure.
Does USP 800 cover waste disposal?
Yes. Safe disposal of hazardous drug waste is part of USP 800. Trace-contaminated chemo materials and bulk or RCRA-hazardous drugs must be segregated and destroyed properly — which is exactly what our trace-chemo and RCRA services do.
How do I know which drugs are hazardous?
USP 800 references the NIOSH list of hazardous drugs. Any drug on that list — many chemotherapy agents, plus certain hormones and other medications — must be handled as hazardous. We help you segregate the resulting waste correctly.
What’s the difference between USP 800 and RCRA?
USP 800 is a practice standard for safely handling hazardous drugs; RCRA is the EPA’s hazardous-waste law. They overlap at disposal: some hazardous drugs are also RCRA-hazardous waste and must be manifested and destroyed at a permitted facility.
How does Easy Rx Cycle support USP 800 compliance?
We handle the disposal side of your hazardous-drug program — segregating and destroying trace chemo and RCRA-hazardous drug waste at permitted facilities, and documenting it with Certificates of Destruction and manifests.
Close the loop on hazardous drugs.
Get a quote for compliant trace-chemo and RCRA-hazardous drug disposal — the disposal piece of USP 800, handled.