Evaluating a Pharmacist-Led Opioid Stewardship Initiative at an Urban Teaching Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Deaths due to overdose from illicit drugs have risen in Canada, despite various community-led harm reduction programs. There have been limited pharmacist-led inpatient initiatives aimed at reducing opioid harm. The authors' group recently developed and implemented the Medication and Risk Factor Review, Optimize, Refer at Risk Patients, Educate and Plan (MORE) tool, a systematic checklist designed to help pharmacists follow and enhance the safety of in-hospital opioid prescribing.

Objectives

To evaluate the impact of a pharmacist-led opioid stewardship program utilizing the MORE tool in the care of patients at one tertiary teaching hospital.

Methods

This study involved a review of health care records for patients admitted to general surgery and internal medi

SUBMITTER: Chen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8237948 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature