Eight principles for managing prescription medications in the athletic training room

The eight principles contained with this article are intended to be a starting point for your organization to establish internal systems for the management of prescription and over-the-counter medications in the athletic training room. The handling of medications is very serious and worthy of public and media attention, especially when it involves athletes and sports. I urge you to immediately begin to establish a program at your facility. These guidelines are only a small list of possibilities to be included in your organization's policy and procedure manual.