Beechdale Health Centre
Policy for checking Emergency Drugs in the Surgery and Doctor’s Bags
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Arun Venugopal PM
Beechdale Health Centre
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Arun Venugopal PM
21/06/2012
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Introduction
The Practice needs to have a system in place to enable the checking the Expiry Dates of all
Emergency Drugs within the Surgery, as well as those drugs in the Doctor’s Drug Bags.
Frequency and Responsibility
The Practice will undertake these checks on an regular basis – every 3 to 4 months
The Practice Nurse will ensure that all drugs are checked and maintained.
Emergency Drugs within the surgery
Each of the following Consulting Rooms contains an Emergency Set of drugs
A register is contained within each Emergency Drug Box Set which lists the quantity , size and the
expiry date of each Drug.
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