We have a dilemma that I never even considered when we opened our doors… missing equipment and supplies.

As an employee, I never really gave it too much thought. In fact, in one place I worked at, I thought it was overkill to keep lubricant in the safe (I had to ask for it each time I thought I would need some!).  So of course, I was not going to go that far.

I don’t keep spendy items that can easily walk out of a room under a coat in the exam rooms. Well, not true…the laptops are there, but it would be hard to get away with that…we would notice immediately.

So imagine my surprise to find my Doppler is missing, as well as a nearly canister of Verruca Freeze, a bottle of benzoin and several smaller miscellaneous items. I had anticipated I’d loose some tape and some gauze…but not the others.

The thing is…both the Doppler and the Verruca Freeze were kept in the central work area…just me, the MA’s and occasionally a drug rep or too.

Ah…more lessons…think about how you will safe guard some of your equipment. These losses can add up to several hundred (and much more) dollars of loss for you, not to mention inconvience.