Drugs and medicines can be dangerous if misused. Some may also required care when handled and administered as they can cause hazards to staff. Other medicines may require specific storage conditions. Advice for these issues can be obtained from pharmacists.
All drugs should be correctly labelled and should be kept in safe and secure storage to avoide misuse and unauthorised access. Procedures shold be adopted to ensure safe adminstration either by staff or residents. Staff who adminster the drugs should have had the appropriate training.
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