I have a bit of a situation today. Please remember, I have been at this job only since Feb 1.
Today when I went to get a student's medication (liquid quillivant) I found that the bottle had broken. I found this out when I went to shake it before drawing into a syringe. So it went all over my hand, the bottle, the counter and it was spilled in the plastic pencil box I store it in (and the broken piece of bottle was in there also).
So I finished with the students who were present (about 6 of them all come for their meds at the same time) and called my supervisor at another building immediately. Told her what happened, she said to get an administrator to see the spill and observe the clean up, so I did and rinsed out the bottle the best I could through the small broken area.
Called the mom, who took it surprisingly well. I really thought there would be a big backlash since I know it is expensive (she told me it was $300/bottle).
I documented what happened and called the certified school nurse who oversees my building and explained the situation to her. I told her that I am really nervous about this since I just started and have not had time to establish myself as a responsible employee and then a controlled substance spills on my watch. She was very reassuring that I am doing a great job and she doesn't think there will be any disciplinary action, but I am still a bit worried about it
