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Appropriate medication use in aged residential care: Optimising the use of antibiotics, antipsychotics and fentanyl...

13th October, 2022

This report and presentation summarising key findings, focuses on optimising the use of the following medicines in aged residential care:

  • antibiotics for urinary tract infection to ensure appropriate antimicrobial prescribing
  • antipsychotics for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (excluding antipsychotic use in those older people with other mental health conditions)
  • fentanyl for chronic pain (excluding its use in end-of-life care).