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Prevent Drug Diversion With GAO's Recommendations

Published on Fri May 01, 2020

Consider having patients, caregivers sign drug forms? While COVID-19 is taking up hospices’ attention, other issues that affect the industry go on. For example: The Government Account­ability Office addresses disposal of controlled substances in patients’ homes in a recently released report, and compiles a list of best practices for preventing drug diversion in the home. Background: Many hospices routinely disposed [...]
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