TABLE 3.

Safety reports describing inappropriate opioid storage and disposal

Time period	Safety reports for all medications, n	Opioid reports, n	Category A reports†, n (% of opioid reports for that year)	Reports describing inappropriate opioid disposal, n	Perioperative care unit‡, n	Pediatric intensive care unit‡, n
2004*	639	59	20 (34)	12	5	3
2005	1237	111	60 (54.5)	34	18	1
2006	1326	111	33 (29.7)	22	9	1
2007	1281	105	29 (27.6)	17	3	6
2008	1452	121	22 (18.2)	17	2	9

^*Six-month period from July 1 to December 31;

^†Category A refers to circumstances or events that have the capacity to cause error;

^‡Refers to location of reports describing inappropriate narcotic disposal