Do you have to count lyrica at your LTC facility?

[Blackcat99]

We have to count all of our lyrica at my job every shift. I was curious as to whether this was just something done at my LTC or if there were other facilities that also counted lyrica.

[NutmeggeRN, BSN]

Why in the world would anyone count an inhaler?!?

We dont "count" but we record the number of doses on a flow sheet inthe MAR. Starting dose 35, one dose administered remaining dose 34. The issue was the MDIs (Advair in particular) were not completely through 30 days worth of doses (#60) at the end of the 30 days.....doses not being given presumably. And we also count Lyrica but not tramadol.

[Nola009]

Yeah...

[Havin' A Party!, ASN, RN]

Yup... we count Lyrica too.

[vintagemother, BSN, CNA, LVN, RN]

At my LTC psych we count:

Antibiotics

Spiriva and the purple inhaler (Advair I think) both have countable doses.

Narcs- obviously (-;

Scissors, BP cuff, 3 temps, 3 e-kits are also counted and in the narc binder.