Altru, Safe Kids Grand Forks and Partners Having Medication Take Back Event

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(KNOX) – Community Medication Take Back Event from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, in the parking lot near Perkins across the street from the hospital campus on Columbia Road in Grand Forks. It is part of National Poison Prevention Week.

The Grand Forks Sheriff’s Office will be on-site to take back unused or expired medications to include: pills, liquids, creams, ointments, inhalers, patches and even 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 safe storage of medications that need to be kept in the home and Safe Kids will provide free cabinet  locks and poison center magnets with the toll-free number on them.

For questions about this event, contact Safe Kids Grand Forks at 701-780-1489.