To provide guidelines for dispensing a short-term supply of oral medication to a patient. It provides for the storage, reordering, dispensing and daily inventory control of a pre-established list of prescription medications in the PACU, which complies with Federal and State guidelines. This policy and procedure is designed to enhance customer service in the PACU by enabling the physicians to dispense a short-term supply of oral medication.
Oral medications are for take home use until the patient can have a prescription filled.
Check for allergies before sending medications home with patient. V. Preparation of the Patient Patient receives outpatient discharge instructions including drug information for medications dispensed through this program. Procedure Actions A. PACU Nurse Manager responsibilities 1. Assure the medications for this program are kept in a locked cabinet. Monitor inventory usage and discrepancies and take follow up action when needed.