Controlled Drugs

Overview

• This module is designed for all primary care staff to assist with their understanding of Controlled Drugs and how this information should be applied in their daily working lives in primary care.
• The course contains a case study and multiple-choice questions.

Goals

During this course you will learn:

• About your organisation’s responsibilities for managing controlled drugs (CDs).
• About your own responsibilities when managing CDs.
• How to obtain, store, prescribe, and dispose of CDs.
• About the record-keeping requirements when ordering, storing, administering, and destroying CDs.
• How and when to report concerns about CDs.

Topics covered