
|Articles|February 1, 2011
Idea Exchange: Secure sensitive prescriptions
A tip for keeping prescriptions for controlled drugs safe.
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We don't stock many controlled drugs, so when a patient needs phenobarbital or diazepam, for example, we write a prescription. Since these are usually written ahead of time, they need to be kept in a safe and secure location until the client picks them up. Our drug locker is kept inside a locked cabinet, so we attach the prescriptions to the outside of the locker with a magnet for easy access.
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Wendy Lanham, LVT
Lockport, N.Y.
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