Administration of required’ psychotropic medicines ‘when in mental health units : Documentation of reason for administration and effect of psychotropic medicines administered required’ in adult mental health inpatient units ‘as Setting Study No. No. of prn with appropriate period given prn documentation in case notes (%) a prn doses Reason for Person Medication dose given administration initiating effect (%) the medicine Geffen1 Inpatient Dec 302 1,786 1,054 (59%) 643 (36%) mental (82%) health units Feb from two 1999 Brisbane hospitals Curtis Secure Oct 43 450 409 (91%) 276 264 (59%) nine-bed 2001 (80%) (61%) inpatient mental health unit, NSW Dean 12-bed child Apr 62 42 patients (91)2008. and (51%) (68%) adolescent Sept inpatient 2003 mental health unit, Brisbane Curtis 20-bed 47 268 154 (57%) 104 (39%) inpatient 2005 (73%) mental health unit, regional hospital in NSW O’Brien Eight-bed One 15 119 96 (81%) 91 (76%) close month observation period; area within year not an inpatient recorded mental health unit. Inpatient One 57 268 170 (63%) 204 120 (45%) mental month (63%) (76%) health units period; from a year not regional recorded and metropolitan hospital in QLD Four Two 408 3868 2,445 (63%) 2,766 ≈50% inpatient month (97%) (72%) mental period; health units, year not Sydney recorded
Administration of ‘when required’ psychotropic medicines in mental health units : Documentation of reason for administration and effect of psychotropic medicines administered ‘as required’ in adult mental health inpatient units Setting Study period No. given a prn dose (%) No. of prn doses given prn with appropriate documentation in case notes (%) Reason for administration Person initiating the medicine Medication effect Geffen1 Inpatient mental health units from two Brisbane hospitals Dec 1999 302 (82%) 1,786 1,054 (59%) 643 (36%) Curtis Secure nine-bed inpatient mental health unit, NSW Oct 2001 43 (80%) 450 409 (91%) 276 (61%) 264 (59%) Dean (91)2008. 12-bed child and adolescent inpatient mental health unit, Brisbane Apr 2003 62 (51%) 42 patients (68%) Curtis 20-bed inpatient mental health unit, regional hospital in NSW Feb 2005 47 (73%) 268 154 (57%) 104 (39%) O’Brien Eight-bed close observation area within an inpatient mental health unit. One month period; year not recorded 15 119 96 (81%) 91 (76%) Inpatient mental health units from a regional and metropolitan hospital in QLD One month period; year not recorded 57 (63%) 268 170 (63%) 204 (76%) 120 (45%) Four inpatient mental health units, Sydney Two month period; year not recorded 408 (97%) 3868 2,445 (63%) 2,766 (72%) ≈50% Sept