Tip: Review controls for drug storage, counting, and safekeeping
Compliance Monitor, August 17, 2005
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Verify that the pharmacy segregates controlled drugs in a locked room and properly adds these to controlled substance logs as required by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
Review the procedures for counting and safekeeping controlled drugs
Ask the pharmacy whether it performs occasional counts of non-narcotic drugs to verify the accuracy of the perpetual inventory
Review procedures for stocking shelves with the drugs
Make sure the pharmacy properly labels shelves and includes sufficient space for storage
The above tip is an excerpt from the book "Hospital Auditing and Monitoring: Sample Programs for Key Risk Areas." Copyright 2004 by HCPro, Inc. This book is a step-by-step, practical manual that offers sample audit programs for the most troublesome areas that a hospital must audit. The binder and CD-ROM are filled with actual audit programs used by auditors and compliance officers in the field.
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