Home Care Agency protocol will include, but not be limited to, the following:
- (1) safe and secure storage of drugs;
- (2) access to drugs limited to authorized employees;
- (3) records of drugs checked out to authorized employees and records of drugs, amounts, to whom and by whom administered;
- (4) prompt notification of the pharmacy when a drug is used, including the prescriber, patient, drug, dosage form, directions for use, etc.;
- (5) billing information;
- (6) procedures for handling drugs beyond expiration date (outdated drugs shall be returned to the pharmacy, quarantined and destroyed in a reasonable time frame); and,
- (7) inventory control.
Added at 12 Ok Reg 2593, eff 6-26-95
Amended at 13 Ok Reg 2807, eff 6-27-96