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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Awareness of the need for safe storage of Methadone at home is not improved by the use of protocols on recording information giving | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Research Open Access Awareness of the need for safe storage of Methadone at home is not improved by the use of protocols on recording information giving Annemarie Mullin 1 Rosanna J McAuleyt2 Derrett J Wattst2 Ilana B Cromet3 and Roger N Bloor t3 Address 1School of Medicine Keele University Staffordshire ST5 5BG UK 2Edward Myers Unit North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Stoke on Trent Staffordshire ST4 6TH. UK and 3Academic Psychiatry Department Keele University Medical School. Harplands Campus Stoke on Trent Staffordshire ST4 6TH. UK Email Annemarie Mullin - mullinannemarie@ Rosanna J McAuley - rosanajane@ Derrett J Watts - Ilana B Crome - Roger N Bloor - pca01@ Corresponding author fEqual contributors Published 30 April 2008 Received 28 March 2007 __ u-mrnr ir Accepted 30 April 2008 Harm Reduction Journal 2008 5 15 doi l 477-7517-5-15 This article is available from http content 5 1 15 2008 Mullin et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Methadone is a synthetic narcotic analgesic used in the treatment of drug misuse. Tragedies involving children being poisoned by the accidental ingestion of methadone are no longer a rare occurrence. Following an audit of the effectiveness of the provision and recall of information to patients attending an NHS Methadone Clinic a protocol was introduced to ensure that staff documented the provision of such information and patients gave a written confirmation that they had received the information. Methods The study was undertaken in the setting