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Said: : "Thank you all for your input. I greatly appreciate it. I am hoping to meet up with our rep soon to discuss this as well."

Said: : "This does not solve the problem discussed. But I do see slightly better understanding from medical assistants and nurses when I refer to the 3 month re-dating as 'discard date'. Seems like discard is indeed translated to 'throw it out'. W...

Said: : "Love the idea of removing the old lot from RALS. I too am a control freak and do the same as you, but had not thought of removing the old lot to prevent them from using a wayward bottle that someone stuck in their pocket."

Said: : "I put the open and exp date on the controls with a label from a label maker. I found other stickers that were small enough would not stick to the bottle or they would get control on them and you wouldn't be able to see it. I label enou...

Said: : "We require only the expiration date. The nursing staff are responsible for this, we have about a 70% compliance rate at any given time."