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I would like to know what the laws and regulations are (for Washington state) on donating "used" items. I know that it is against safety sanitation precautions to take supplies from one pt to another, and that some of these unused items can be donated to missionary/out of the states causes. But wound vac supplies do not go as there usually are not wound vacs or electricity for these supplies. And the wound vac supplies although still in origonal packing can't be given to another client. But what about donating them to a school lab? What are laws and regulations on this? I can not find anything in print that has what can and can't be donated and where these thing can and can't be donated to. thanks for any help or explanations you can provide.

There is an order on someone's MAR for a PRN calcium channel blocker. Supposedly the MD made it PRN because one of a communication in put that this particular person had the med held often. The cartizam was scheduled QID previously and held about every other time. Why would it go from QID to PRN, why not once Or twice a day? Or why not have a different BP med? Has anyone else come across a PRN BP med, and know why this is done (and shouldn't there be an order for daily BPs, or twice a day) To go along with this?