title: Best-practice protocols: reducing harm from high-alert medications.
abstract: The Institute for Healthcare Improvement challenges clinicians and administrators to raise care quality through its 5 Million Lives Campaign, a sequel to the 100,000 Lives Campaign. Here, review a case study on the importance of postoperative monitoring of opioid-naive patients who are receiving narcotics.
authors.affiliation: Fairview Southdale Hospital, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meisel
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meisel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003142:Communication; D016903:Drug Monitoring / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards; D017723:Drug Utilization Review; D005260:Female; D040261:Harm Reduction; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D008910:Minnesota; D009270:Naloxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards; D009731:Nursing Audit; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D013597:Systems Analysis; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D009270:Naloxone