Crushing Injury: Are You Helping or Harming
Crushing Injury: Are You Helping or Harming When You Crush Pills? Harm to Patient – Harm to Nurse. Other concerns with indiscriminate crushing of medications is the possibility of teeth staining and irritation of the mouth, esophagus, and stomach lining. Binders or other substances included in the tablet formation may be needed to buffer Ph or other irritating qualities of the medication