Where to KEEP crash carts

Hi guys,
I was wondering where you all KEEP you crash carts? My Boss had un lock it in a closet under lock and metal key we have to get from a nurses station to open the door and get the crash cart out. Is this kosher or not? Is this ok or is it breaking some kind of regulation?? When I came in and found that, I pulled it out back into the hall way in front of my nurses station. Suggestions??
Having to go get a key to unlock the crash cart doesn't sound very safe.Ours is beside the nursing station.

It should be somewhere immediately accessible. Most, these days, have some sort of plastic breakaway lock on them but most places have taken narcs/benzos off the carts so they aren't broken into/stolen from anymore.

Ours is right in the middle of the unit, covered by a sheet. No lock. Wastes time.

We share ours with our neighbouring ward so right in the middle of the coridoor. Drugs in a pack on each ward at the nurses station but defib we share. Just have to unplug and run!

JCAHO isn't going to like that you have to unlock anything to get to your crash cart. Near a nurses' station is better, especially if there are drugs stored in it. If your meds come from pharmacy with the code team, or are stored in your Pyxis/McKesson/whatever you call it, then you could probably keep it in a corridor somewhere.

Our narcs are brought by code team from ER. Crash cart is in hallway next to nurses station.

Ours is in front of the nurse's station. It has breakaway locks with the meds already in them. Unplug and run is all we have to do when a code is called on our floor.

We keep one in the nursery and one in our nurses station. Both have plastic break-away locks. I wouldn't want to have to unlock my crash cart....