The hospital uses a unit-dose system for medication distribution.The nurse recognizes that this system includes which safety feature?

A) All medications are kept in the patient's drawer.
B) Liquids are kept in multi-dose containers to prevent spillage.
C) Narcotics are kept in an area separate from the patient's regular medications.
D) The nurse is responsible for restocking the medication drawers daily.

Controlled substances are not kept in the individual patient drawer;they are kept in a larger locked drawer to keep them secure.The unit dose is the ordered dose of medication that the patient receives at one time.Each tablet or capsule is wrapped in a foil or paper container.Liquid doses come in prepackaged foil or paper cups.At a designated time each day,the pharmacist or a pharmacy technician refills the drawers in the cart with a fresh supply.