Pill Cutter Cleaning

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I am an infection control nurse. I need to implement a cleaning / tracking tool to document that the pill cutter is being cleaned between patient use. It needs to satisfy JACO requirements, but I don't want it to be too cumbersome for my fellow nurses. I am curious to know how this is being handled at other facilities, and welcome your feedback. Thanks!

Specializes in PACU, pre/postoperative, ortho.

We keep pill cutters in the WOWs drawer. There is also a canister of alcohol wipes on each WOW so after use, the pill cutter is wiped down & stored back in the drawer.

The hospital where I did clinicals had patient specific pill cutters.

nurses should not be cutting pills, that should happen in the pharmacy

Dream on.

Specializes in Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty.

Cutters and crushers are assigned to a patient who needs one and kept in their room for the duration of their stay. At discharge, the cutters/crushers are either disposed of or sent home with the patient.

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