| Subject: | CMS Revised Interpretive Guidance Related to Securing Medications |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Fri, 14 Mar 2008 - 02:00 pm |
| The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued revised interpretive guidance related to securing medications for a final rule published in December 2006 and which became effective on January 26, 2007.The revised guidance addresses the following Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoP):482.25(b)(2)(i): requires that all drugs and biologicals be kept in a secure area, and locked when appropriate. 482.25(b)(2)(ii): requires that drugs listed in Schedules II, III, IV, and V of the... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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