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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Well, I have heard loud and clear that we should not provide any medicines and we should take them out of any first aid kits available to the staff. Thank you all for your responses.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Nancy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> oplinlist-bounces@lists.oplin.org [mailto:oplinlist-bounces@lists.oplin.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nancy Levin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 15, 2012 10:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Oplinlist (oplinlist@oplin.org)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OPLINLIST] Liability question regarding having Tylenol/Advil/Aspirin available for staff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here’s a good one for us to consider!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We were questioned today about our practice of having over the counter pain medications available for staff in the work place. This question was specifically asked by a guardian of a 16-year-old page/shelver. I know we have purchased this
type of medicine as an office supply. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">She was concerned because we do not lock up our Tylenol and she feared that her child was able to take large amounts of the drug while at work, something that she would not allow at home. Frankly I don’t believe that we could be held responsible.
But the employee is a minor. I checked and there is no age restriction for selling over the counter pain medicines in a store. Do any of you have a practice or policy about allowing staff access to these kind of medications at work? I know that at schools
parents sign a release that allows the school nurse to dispense Tylenol or Advil at the request of a high-schooler. (We are an employer so it does not apply.)
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<p class="MsoNormal">Even if we don’t have a policy, should we? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nancy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Nancy S. Levin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">2345 Lee Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Cleveland Heights Ohio 44118<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">216-932-3600 ext 240<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:nlevin@heightslibrary.org"><span style="color:#1F497D">nlevin@heightslibrary.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">"Opening Doors, Opening Minds"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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