The hospital uses a unit-dose system for medication distribution. The nurse recognizes that this system includes which safety feature?
a. All medications are kept in the patient's drawer.
b. Liquids are kept in multi-dose containers to prevent spillage.
c. Narcotics are kept in an area separate from the patient's regular medications.
d. The nurse is responsible for restocking the medication drawers daily.
C
Controlled substances are not kept in the individual patient drawer; they are kept in a larger locked drawer to keep them secure. The unit dose is the ordered dose of medication that the patient receives at one time. Each tablet or capsule is wrapped in a foil or paper container. Liquid doses come in prepackaged foil or paper cups. At a designated time each day, the pharmacist or a pharmacy technician refills the drawers in the cart with a fresh supply.
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