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Module 1 Assessment of Patients Own Drugs
The use of patients’ own drugs (PODs) is widespread within healthcare organisations in the UK and has been shown to have a beneficial effect on medicines wastage and drug expenditure andalsofacilitates the transfer of patients between care settings. This module describes learning outcomes,against which competency can be assessed for determining the suitability of a patient’s own drugs for use within the relevant care setting. It also encompasses the identification of discrepancies and issues that may arise as part of the process and how to deal with these in an appropriate manner.
Additional information
This module provides full details of the training and assessment process for pharmacy staff to follow in order to gain regional accreditation for determining the suitability of a Patient’s Own Drugs (PODs) for use.
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| Contributed by: | Medicines Optimisation Training Portal |
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| Licence: | Creative commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International More information on licences |
| First contributed: | 15 February 2023 |
| Audience access level: | Full user |
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