Lock Label Locate Toolkit now available!

Supporting effective drug management in veterinary facilities

All facility directors have been mailed a free Lock Label Locate Toolkit. Safety is everyone’s business in your practice, especially when it comes to managing drugs. The toolkit helps us all focus on these essential behaviours.

• Lock - Secure all drugs by keeping them locked up
• Label - Good inventory control through labelling on any container and to ensure it is not expired
• Locate - This is about safe and responsible disposal

Let us all work to protect the public, animals, and your veterinary team with safe  management of drugs. If you need another toolkit or need more support, please contact the College.

Resource Tools

Tip Sheets

These educational tip sheets can be shared with veterinary team members to support the safe management of drugs.

Lock - Every drug must be kept safe and secure!

This tip sheet provides information on storing drugs, including controlled drugs, securely.

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Label - Every drug needs a proper label!

This tip sheet provides information on what is included on the container in which a drug is dispensed.

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Locate - Every drug has an expiry date!

This tip sheet provides information on the identification, removal and disposal of expired drugs.

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Posters

These informative posters can be displayed in a common area and near drug storage areas to support the safe management of drugs.

Expired Drugs - Proper Disposal Tips

A poster to display in your veterinary facility providing guidance on the steps to manage expired drugs.

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Expired Drugs - Never pour drugs down the sink

Place this poster near the sinks in your veterinary facility as a reminder to never dispose of drugs by pouring them down the sink.

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Expired Drugs - Never flush drugs down the toilet

Place this poster in the bathroom in your veterinary facility as a reminder to never dispose of drugs by flushing them down the toilet.

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Label Templates

Dots are an easy way to identify drugs that are expired or expiring soon.

Expired - do no use labels

Labels identify drugs that are expired. The College provided labels in the toolkits that were distributed. The labels provided were Avery 2343, printed on the template.

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Expiring soon - use first labels

Labels identify drugs that are expiring soon. The College provided labels in the toolkits that were distributed. The labels provided were Avery 2346, printed on the template.

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