Dealing with drug-seeking behaviour
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesJun 01, 2016 · Misuse of medicines. The National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2013 found that misuse of prescribed drugs of dependence has increased for many years, while the proportion of people using most illegal drugs has remained relatively stable. 3 Opioid misuse in Australia now mainly involves opioids obtained on prescription. 4 Oxycodone was the seventh leading drug prescribed in general practice ...
Good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and ...
www.gmc-uk.org › - › mediaand actions when prescribing, administering and managing medicines. 4 ‘Prescribing’ is used to describe many related activities, including supply of prescription only medicines, prescribing medicines, devices and dressings on the NHS and advising patients on the purchase of over the counter medicines and other remedies. It may also be used to
Guide to Good Prescribing
apps.who.int › iris › bitstreamGuide to Good Prescribing 4 The WHO Action Programme on Essential Drugs would be very glad to receive comments on the text and examples in this manual, as well as reports on its use. Please write to: The Director, Action Programme on Essential Drugs, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. Fax 41-22-7914167.
A MEDICATION SAFETY ACTION PLAN
https://www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca/en/About...their medications. The action plan: “At some point you just need to do something.” After the world café, another round of discussion and voting determined which items would be included in an action plan for medication safety. CPSI and ISMP Canada, in their roles as co-hosts, then drafted this plan, outlining short- and medium-term actions for