learningandsearching

Hello everyone! I am not an RN, but rather a CNA (certified nursing assistant) and a HUC (Health Unit Coordinator). My question for you all is this....If you are in a hospital, who is authorized to witness a controlled substance waste? I have heard some places allow their CNAs and/or HUCs to witness. If this applies to your hospital, would you be willing to tell me what hospital/State do you live in? would you be willing to share the policy with me? I know a lot of this depends on state regulations, as federal regulations only state you must have two witnesses, it doesn't necessarily state two RNs or pharmacist. We are trying to implement a new policy at the hospital I work at in Idaho that allows a HUC or CNA to waste with the RN, since it is not required for the witness to handle the drugs, but to simply watch the right dosage be drawn and the rest put into the waste receptacle. A fellow HUC went to a conference and she was told of other hospitals on the East Coast that had this policy, she just didn't write down which ones. Thank you for your time.