A patient is discharged from the hospital. To whom should all the medications the patient was taking that are classified as controlled substances be given?
a. The patient at discharge
b. The patient's family at discharge
c. The hospital pharmacy after the patient's discharge
d. Another hospital patient after the patient's discharge
ANS: C
All controlled substances ordered for a patient but not used while the patient is in the hospital go back to the pharmacy when the patient is discharged.
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