[sister--*]

Originally Posted by littlebear

Where I work we used to have one of the twisty ones as well. They have now been banned. If we need to crush tablets then it's between two spoons. Fortunately it is very rare that we have to do this where I work. Is it something that happens a lot elsewhere?

Yep, we do it quite frequently. We have a glass mortar and pestal (spelling?), and a heavy hinged metal one where the pills are placed in a paper medcup covered by another paper medcup. Then you bring the hinged top down and pound it for as many strikes as it takes.....pretty noisy and requires a very solid base.

Thanks for this thread. I'll do a much better job of cleaning the things after use!

You know, a written protocol wouldn't be a bad idea!

[rnin02]

Originally Posted by solidaritynurse

Wow, how fancy! While I haven't had to do it for a long while, I used to smash the pill inside the blister package with a Nitro bottle! No fancy pill crushers for us!

I always liked putting the pill(s) between 2 plastic med cups and grinding them up with a 10cc NS vial. Works perfectly, no mess left in the official pill crusher!

[nurse4theplanet]

plastic envelopes here. no mess. no mixing of meds.