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Show health professional infoLatest independent information about the perioperative period, written and reviewed by experts in Australia.
The perioperative period is also known as postoperative care.
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| DMACS Discharge Checklist | A checklist/reminder to ensure that patients are given optimal post-discharge care. |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2012-02-28 00:00:00 |
| Guide to using the DMACS PowerPoint feedback presentation | Guide to using the DMACS PowerPoint feedback presentation |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2012-02-28 00:00:00 |
| DMACS information summary | Contains evidence-based information on the five key messages of APOP. It provides a structure for interactions with hospital staff regarding these messages. |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2012-02-28 00:00:00 |
| References for further reading | References of literature that was used as background material for the APOP project and APOP toolkit. |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2012-02-28 00:00:00 |
| DMACS bookmark | The DMACS bookmark is a resource for both nursing and medical staff. |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2012-02-28 00:00:00 |
| Educational resources for hospitals | Educational resources are derived from the DMACS project and are to be used in conjunction with the e-DUE audit tool. |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2012-02-28 00:00:00 |
| What is the NPS DMACS drug use evaluation (DUE) toolkit? | What is the NPS DMACS drug use evaluation (DUE) toolkit? |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2012-02-28 00:00:00 |
| Dabigatran (Pradaxa) for preventing venous thromboembolism after hip or knee replacement surgery | Information about use of dabigatran (Pradaxa) for preventing venous thromboembolism after hip or knee replacement surgery. |
Professional publication - NPS RADAR - Review | Health Professionals | 2010-04-01 00:00:00 |
| Guide to using the APOP e-DUE audit tool | Guide to using the APOP e-DUE audit tool |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2009-05-01 00:00:00 |
| A guide to installing the APOP e-DUE audit tool | Detailed instructions on how to install the APOP e-DUE audit tool on your computer |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2009-05-01 00:00:00 |
| Frequently asked questions about the APOP e-DUE audit tool | Frequently asked questions about the APOP e-DUE audit tool |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2009-05-01 00:00:00 |
| Guide to using the acute postoperative pain PowerPoint feedback presentation | Guide to using the acute postoperative pain PowerPoint feedback presentation |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2009-04-01 00:00:00 |
| Acute postoperative pain bookmark | The APOP bookmark is a resource for both nursing and medical staff. It includes pain scales, a checklist reminder for pain assessment and a pain management plan discharge checklist. |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2007-02-01 00:00:00 |
| Acute postoperative pain guide to data collection | Acute postoperative pain guide to data collection is a resource designed to assist in the collection of data and data entry into the APOP e-DUE audit tool. |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2009-04-01 00:00:00 |
| Acute postoperative pain patient record form | The patient record form records each patient’s name, UR number and patient number for the APOP e-DUE audit. |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2009-03-17 00:00:00 |
| What is the NPS acute postoperative pain (APOP) drug use evaluation (DUE) toolkit? | What is the NPS acute postoperative pain (APOP) drug use evaluation (DUE) toolkit and how can it help health professionals conduct an audit of patient care? |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 |
| Acute postoperative pain management data collection form | Data collection form to assist in entering patient inormation on APOP audit tool. |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2009-04-01 00:00:00 |
| Data collection and APOP (acute postoperative pain) e-DUE (drug use evaluation) audit tools | Download the APOP e-DUE audit tool, data collection form, patient record form and information on installing and using the audit tool. |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 |
| Educational resources for hospitals | Educational resources are derived from the APOP project (2006-07) and are to be used in conjunction with the e-DUE audit tool. |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 |
| 2006-2007 Acute postoperative pain (APOP) project overview | Description of the acute postoperative pain (APOP) 2006-2007 project including background, aims and methodology. |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 |
| NPS acute postoperative pain (APOP) drug use evaluation (DUE) toolkit | Information about the NPS acute postoperative pain (APOP) drug use evaluation (DUE) toolkit. |
Professional activity - Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) for hospitals | Health Professionals | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 |
| A painless approach to measuring and monitoring the quality of patient care in acute post-operative pain management. Abstract NMS 2010 | Implementation of the Acute Post Operative Pain (APOP) Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) Toolkit, designed as a quality improvement tool. Markocic S, Oliver K, Pulver L, Muecke K. National Medicine Symposium, 26-28 May 2010, Melbourne, Australia |
Event - Conference abstract | Health Professionals,Research & Evaluation community | 2010-05-28 00:00:00 |
| Optimising hospital management of acute postoperative pain: a national quality improvement initiative. Abstract NMS 2008 | The Acute Postoperative Pain (APOP) project aimed to promote assessment of pain, safe and effective analgesic prescribing and communication of pain management. Wai A, Maxwell D, Kaye K, McIntosh K, Robertson M, Tompson A, Peterson G, Reeves A, Pulver L, Tett S, Mackson J. National Medicines Symposium, 14-16 May 2008, Canberra, Australia. |
Event - Conference abstract | Health Professionals,Research & Evaluation community | 2008-05-16 00:00:00 |
| Managing acute postoperative pain in hospital | Health professionals caring for patients with acute postoperative pain can improve pain management with a new drug use evaluation toolkit developed by the National Prescribing Service Ltd (NPS). |
Media release | Others | 2009-05-29 19:00:00 |
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