Stock Epi Pen location

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Specializes in school nurse.

I am new to school nursing and looking for advice on where to store my stock Epi Pens? When I arrived they were locked in the medicine cabinet which is in the nurse office which is to be locked if I am not in there. So I considered mounting a plastic box outside of my office door with a tamper proof plastic lock. Would this be considered accessible to students? My other thought was placing the same set up in the main office behind the Secretaries desk....

Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse.

I have two sets, one set is in the main office, behind the secretary's desk, in a bright yellow cabinet mounted to the wall.  It isn't locked, because its either always in sight of staff, or the office is locked.   The second set is hanging on the wall behind my desk.   Again not locked up until I lock my office for the night.   

Mine is in an accessible area of my office inside a first-aid box clearly marked "STOCK EPINEPHRINE."  It is zip tied closed just to keep people from trying to take them out needlessly.

Mine is behind my desk (accessible to staff in admin office), in a marked box mounted on the wall, near the AED and emergency backpack

Specializes in School Health.

I have 2 locations for stock epi's. The first one is mounted on the wall in a bright yellow box with a lock on it, the second location is in my elementary lab/library in a white box mounted on the wall with a lock on it.  Anyone who is med admin trained and admin are aware of the combinations.

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