tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học: " Safe storage of methadone in the home - an audit of the effectiveness of safety information giving"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Safe storage of methadone in the home - an audit of the effectiveness of safety information giving | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Research Safe storage of methadone in the home - an audit of the effectiveness of safety information giving Roger N Bloor t1 Rosanna McAuleyt2 and Norman Smalldridget2 Open Access Address 1Academic Psychiatry Unit Keele University Medical School Academic Suite Harplands Hospital Hilton Road Harpfields ST4 6TH UK and 2Edward Myers Centre Harplands Hospital Hilton Road Harpfields ST4 6TH UK Email Roger N Bloor - pca01@ RosannaMcAuley- rosanajane@ Norman Smalldridge - Corresponding author tEqual contributors Published 29 June 2005 Harm Reduction Journal 2005 2 9 doi 1477-7517-2-9 Received 30 June 2004 Accepted 29 June 2005 This article is available from http content 2 1 9 2005 Bloor 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 Accidental poisoning by methadone occurs particularly as a result of children ingesting a parent s methadone. Health care professionals have a responsibility to provide information and guidance to methadone users on safe storage of methadone. The objective of the study was to audit the effectiveness of information giving on the safety of methadone consumption dose measurement and storage and the effectiveness of sources of advice available for patients. Methods The study was undertaken prior to the introduction of a scheme for the supervised consumption of methadone in the setting of an NHS Methadone clinic serving a district population of 490 000 in the UK. 185 consecutive patients attending a methadone clinic to collect a methadone prescription were the subject of an anonymous survey. Issues of safety of methadone consumption storage and safety .