Landscaping medication standing orders use in australian emergency departments

• In: Poster presentation
• At: Seoul (South Korea) (2017)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-MEP-006
• By: MORROW, Melanie (National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Fannie Bay, Australia)
• Co-author(s): Melanie Morrow: National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre, Australia
  Linda Ward: National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre, Australia;, Menzies School of Health Research, Australia
  Bhavini Patel: Northern Territory Department of Health, Darwin, Australia;, Top End Health Service, Darwin, Australia
  David M Pache: Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Australia;School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland, Australia;, Mater Pharmacy Services , Australia
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  A Medication Standing Order (MSO) allows non-medical practitioners to administer scheduled medicines for specific criteria without a prescription.

  MSOs are utilised for two main reasons; to assist early appropriate management of time critical treatments when a medical practitioner is not available; and to support timely treatment of low

  ..

The access to the whole abstract and if available the presentation file is available to FIP members and to congress participants of that specific congress. Please login