Medications with patient transfer

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Randi Trope
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Medications with patient transfer

When a patient is transferred from one unit of the hospital to another (i.e. ICU to floor or vice versa) what do you do with the actual medications that are stored on the patient's originating unit? Do the medications move with the patient? If yes, who moves them? Who puts them in the ADC? If the medications don't move with the patient who is in charge of getting them to pharmacy? Also, what is the usual turn around time then for the medications to arrive on the new unit.

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