Home CD Storage Requirements — SCE Palliative Medicine MCQ
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Correct answer: B — No specified cabinet is mandated, but assess household risks and advise secure storage
The institutional safe-custody rules do not impose a specified controlled-drug cabinet on a patient keeping medicine supplied for personal treatment at home. That does not mean storage risk should be ignored: advice should be tailored to children, visitors, cognition, diversion risk and disposal arrangements. A lockable box may be sensible, but it is not a universal statutory cabinet requirement.
Reference: Misuse of Drugs (Safe Custody) Regulations 1973: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1973/798/contents; NICE NG46: Controlled drugs—safe use and management: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng46/chapter/Recommendations