|Articles|February 17, 2011

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Assign one clinical staff member to check the expiration dates on all prescription samples once a month, and keep a log of these inspections.

Assign one clinical staff member to check the expiration dates on all prescription samples once a month, and keep a log of these inspections. Make this job a priority-you don’t want to inadvertently give a patient an expired drug.

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