The ABCs of Home Drug Safety

OVERVIEW

Educational tool to communicate issues and considerations for managing prescription drugs in the home.

• Educational tool to communicate issues and considerations for managing prescription drugs in the home.
  
• Also addresses adolescent prescription drug use.
• Simple parent/child contract helps facilitate dialogue.

INNOVATION

This brochure is an educational tool that effectively communicates key issues and considerations around the management of prescription drugs in the home. The ABC's of Home Drug Safety was developed by investigators at the University of Michigan with support from colleagues at the Oregon Health & Science University, University of New England, Reed College and St. Joseph Mercy Health System. The brochure provides important information on how to manage controlled prescription drugs in the home, key facts around adolescent prescription drug use and a simple parent/child contract that helps facilitate dialogue on this important topic. Licensing rights allow for unlimited use of the tool as an educational and support aide in schools, clinics and other appropriate settings.

• Training and educational guide for Physicians, PAs, nurses, and pharmacists, health counselors, parent groups, clinics and public health facilities
• Simple, concise plain language with focus on pragmatic methods and tools to actively manage prescription drugs in the home.
• Pharmaceutical companies who manufacture/distribute controlled medications might find it useful to provide to prescribers and pharmacies.

OTHER

ACADEMIC USE LICENSE: This license is for academic or research users only. Purchase of this license requires authorization.  Requests must be made from a valid academic domain email address (.edu or equivalent) and must include a description of the nature of your study and research in the notes section of the form. Failure to provide this information will result in the denial of your request.

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