Altru, Safe Kids Grand Forks, along with their partners, will host a Battle of the Badges Community Medication Take Back Event from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, as part of National Poison Prevention Week.
The Grand Forks Sheriff’s Department will be on-site to take back unused or expired medications, including pills, liquids, creams, ointments, inhalers, patches, and pet medications. Sharps will be accepted if they are in a solid plastic disposal container.
Staff from Altru Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy will be available to answer questions about safely storing medications that need to be kept at home, and Safe Kids will provide free cabinet locks and poison center magnets with the toll-free number on them.
Thanks to a partnership with Grand Forks Public Health, Safe Kids will also have free medication disposal bags for those who can’t access permanent medication drop-off locations and free sharps containers to those who use needles and syringes for medication administration.
Bring any expired or no longer needed medications, and they will make sure they are properly disposed of. Medications are currently the leading cause of poisoning in young children. All meds can be kept in their original containers. You just need to drive up and drop them off with event volunteers.
For questions about this event, contact Safe Kids Grand Forks at 701-780-1489.
