Insulin Pen and other Bulk medication storage

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Jeffrey Schnoor
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Insulin Pen and other Bulk medication storage

For those of you using insuling pens, I am curious how they are stored once dispensed from pharmacy. We are full Pyxis dispense but bulk items (creams/inhalers/insulin pens) are stored in med room based medication carts. I am curious if anyone has another storage option that has worked well to help prevent wrong patient errors with bulk medications. For example, storing in a locked bin/cabinet in the patient room.

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