Friday 30 January 2015

Patients’ own drugs and bedside lockers: can they be of benefit in hospices?

European Journal of Palliative Care, 2015 January/February, Volume 22 Number 1 (10-13)
Stephen Ward, Max Watson and Clare White

In UK hospitals, the NHS encourages the use of patients’ own drugs (PODs) administrated directly from bedside lockers. So far, there is little evidence supporting their use in a hospice setting. The authors have evaluated a PODs locker scheme implemented at a hospice in Northern Ireland.

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