Medicine Room – Nursing Care Units
Effective Sep 29, 2023Mass. Register #1505MGL c. 111, §§ 3, 71, and 72Department of Public Health
- (A) A separate, locked medicine room of sufficient square footage to accommodate staff working with medications shall be provided directly off or immediately adjacent to each nurse’s station.
- (B) Each medicine room shall contain sufficient storage space and be equipped with a counter top and a sink with hot and cold running water.
- (C) A separate locked compartment shall be provided for the storage of narcotics and other dangerous drugs.
- (D) Each medicine room shall contain a refrigerator for medication which requires refrigeration.