Asthma inhalers...

[*Katrina*]

Should I have a separate risk assessment for a child starting with me that has asthma - in regards to storing her inhalers (need to be close by and not locked in a cupboard) or should this be added onto my general risk assessment for the setting? At the moment my risk assessment states that all medication is kept in a locked cupboard out of reach of the children - which obviously it won't be in this case. The little girl is under 2 and so not old enough to keep it in her pocket she has a spacer as well, so I will need to store it somewhere safe but accessible.

[sarah707]

You should add an update to your stored medication RA... don't forget to consider how you will make sure inhalers are in date, spacer is washed properly etc.

Hth

[*Katrina*]

Thank you Sarah!

[gizzybear]

Sarah you are a wealth of knowlegde. thank you