The "CHROME criteria": Tool to optimize and audit prescription quality of psychotropic medications in institutionalized people with dementia.OBJECTIVE
 Describe and validate the CHROME (CHemical Restraints avOidance MEthodology) criteria.


 Implementing the CHROME criteria reduced the prescription of the most dangerous medications in institutionalized people with dementia.  The CHROME criteria unify, in a single compendium, neuropsychiatric diagnostic criteria, prescription guidelines, independent audit methodology, and minimum legal standards. 
CHROME
Implementing the CHROME criteria reduced the prescription of the most dangerous medications in institutionalized people with dementia.  The CHROME criteria unify, in a single compendium, neuropsychiatric diagnostic criteria, prescription guidelines, independent audit methodology, and minimum legal standards. 
The CHROME criteria