You can conduct a weekly veterinary controlled drug log within your facility to ensure that you are DEA veterinary compliant. Assuring that you are maintaining all the guidelines laid down by the DEA you are preventing the diversion of controlled substance drugs and at the same time keeping yourself ready for any DEA audit.

DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) has set up guidelines to help veterinary facilities obtain better management over control substance drugs. Veterinary controlled drug logs are a system of recordkeeping and inventory that keeps track of every action taken concerning control substance drugs. This includes information on purchase, sales, facility dispensing, storage and disposal. This highly specialized method of controlled substance management prevents violation and divergence of all control substances.

Frequent audits within the system will assist an environment that prevents irregularities and detects to resolve all reports within the time. This system, if followed by organizations will be more vigilant and responsive and organizations can track all discrepancies that are associated with controlled substance drugs.

The established protocols for audits are the best way of preventing inaccuracies. By rotating the auditor role within the facility each staff can perform an audit and the veterinarian can ensure that the storage and distribution of controlled substance drugs are done with the highest safety. The veterinary control drug log must be supervised by the veterinarian themselves. Being registered with the DEA, if any discrepancy must take place within the facility, the responsibility of the discrepancy will directly be on the veterinarian’s shoulder.

How can you conduct veterinary control drug audit?

• Determining the number of drugs that you have, availability is based on the information present in your veterinary controlled drug log. You must follow the other records such as purchase invoices to ensure that you are covering all purchases.
• Compare the actual inventory with the physical stock. Can you find unopened bottles along with open bottles? check the inventory for the specifications. If you find that some sealed bottles have been opened, then bring the violation to the DEAs notice. You already know the number of tablets that each of the bottles contains and if your inventory does not match with the tablets in the bottle this issue must be taken up with the DEA.
• For injectable control substance drugs, you must not remove the liquid to understand the amount of the drug within the bottle. Injectable medications can be counted in various ways. Keep a running account of the amount of liquid remaining in the bottle by applying a sticker to the bottle that shows the amount of withdrawal.
• Write notes as you document your audit on every single veterinary controlled drug log. This will help you remain more compliant and prevent substance abuse from your facility.

Conclusion

If you find a weekly audit practice difficult to maintain within your facility you can take the help of the Titan Group who are experienced in DEA compliance of controlled substances. Visit https://titangroupdea.com today for details.