Guidelines and tools for Health Professionals
Q5.SCOPING QUESTION: In individuals with psychotic disorders (including schizophrenia) who require long-term antipsychotic treatment, what is the safety and role of depot antipsychotic medication?
A global Review of evidence and practice
N Engl J Med 2019;380:2429-39.DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1901113
On the appropriate use of gloves with respect to hand hygiene.
A Practical Guide for Mental Health Service Providers
A toolkit for pharmacists.
Emerging data show that medication errors and adverse events cause significant harm to patients’ health and
well-being. It is estimated that the burden of adverse events due to medicines is now comparable to that of
widespread diseases, such as malaria or tuberculosis....1 The impacts of medication errors also represent a
burden for health systems, with the annual cost associated with medication errors estimated at USD 42 billion
worldwideharm
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This guide helps pharmacists to understand their role in the hypertension program. From maintaining hypertensive drug stock, to drug dispensing, to recording and reporting, to awareness generation with patients.
PLoS One. 2012; 7(4): e29656.
Published online 2012 Apr 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029656
Position Statement
Diabetes Care2018;42(Suppl. 1):S1–S194.
HIV treatment
Policy brief
July 2017
WHO/HIV/2017.18
Externalizing disorders
Chapter 1.1