Usually it takes an "incident" to actually get pharmacists, nurses, etc to be as vigilent as their supposed to be....One night I had a patient screaming in pain and in a rush, I closed the safe door, but didn't "spin" it(we had an outer key lock and an inner combination lock....drugs are usually seperated by schedule and "party appeal", and usually only one person per shift had the highest level of access--common in smaller hospitals and/or night shifts w/lower staffing ratios) someone walked away with 20 prefilled syringes w/25 mg of demerol ....trust me, after that, even Jesus couldn't get me to turn my back or walk away from the narc safe without both locks locked and checked twice! LOL And there were only 3 nurses on that night....so we all pretty much knew who did it...the hospital didn't really want to persue it though...nursing shortage and all...While I enjoyed a little two day "holiday" one of my compadres enjoyed a little holiday of their own, it sucked!
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