Any contaminated, expired, or discontinued medication, whether prescription or over-the-counter, and topical substances shall be returned to the child’s parents or guardians whenever possible or, if belonging to the program, disposed of properly by authorized staff.
The licensing coordinator observed two expired EpiPens in the program's emergency backpack. Corrective action: The expired Epi-pen was returned to the family. In the future all meds will be checked monthly to ensure that they are within date. They will either be returned to the family or disposed of properly if they have expired.