Lock Label Locate Toolkits now available!
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.
Let us all work to protect the public, animals, and your veterinary team with safe management of drugs. To request a toolkit or if you need more support, please contact the College.
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
Tip Sheets
Lock: Every drug must be kept safe and secure!
This tip sheet provides information on storing drugs, including controlled drugs, securely.
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.
Locate: Every drug has an expiry date!
This tip sheet provides information on the identification, removal and disposal of expired drugs.
Posters
Expired Drugs: Proper Disposal Tips
A poster to display in your veterinary facility providing guidance on the steps to manage expired drugs.
Two posters are also available display near sinks and in bathrooms as a reminder to never dispose of drugs by pouring them in a sink or by flushing them down the toilet.
Label Templates
Expired: Do not use
Labels identify drugs that are expired. The College provided labels in the toolkits that were distributed. The labels provided were Avery 2343 (red) and 2346 (yellow), printed on the template. Expiring soon - use first labels are also available.