Purpose
To ensure that opioid analgesics prescribed for patients with acute pain are effective and appropriate for the patient’s stage of care.
Purpose
Purpose
Purpose
To ensure that appropriate opioid analgesic treatment is prescribed, supplied or administered for acute pain in a way to limit the dose and duration of opioid analgesic use.
Purpose
Purpose
To ensure that analgesia is optimised, and that the appropriate assessment of risk factors is completed and documented to identify the need for specific risk-modification strategies.
Purpose
To ensure the impact of acute pain on the patient’s function is considered together with pain scores, to guide the appropriate choice of analgesia.
2022
Fact sheet or brochure
This document describes each of the quality statements and indicators included in the Opioid Analgesic Stewardship in Acute Pain Clinical Care Standard and their relevance to health service organisations.