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VA health care, actions needed to ensure medical facility controlled substance inspection programs meet agency requirements : report to the Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Government Accountability Office, author.
- Williamson, Randall B., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Department of Veterans Affairs--Rules and practice--Evaluation.
- United States.
- United States. Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Drug control--United States.
- Drug control.
- Hospital pharmacies--Security measures--United States--Evaluation.
- Hospital pharmacies.
- Veterans' hospitals--Security measures--United States--Evaluation.
- Veterans' hospitals.
- Prescription Drug Diversion.
- Medication Systems.
- Medical Subjects:
- Prescription Drug Diversion.
- Medication Systems.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ii, 34 pages)
- Other Title:
- Actions needed to ensure medical facility controlled substance inspection programs meet agency requirements
- Veterans Affairs' health care, actions needed to ensure medical facility controlled substance inspection programs meet agency requirements
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2017.
- Summary:
- Diversion of opioid pain relievers and other controlled substances by health care providers has occurred at several VA medical facilities. Such diversions for personal use can pose a threat to patients by depriving them of needed medications. Absent effective practices to mitigate its risk and quickly identify it, diversion can occur undetected. VHA requires each of its facilities to implement a controlled substance inspection program to help reduce the risk of diversion. This report examines VHA's implementation and oversight of controlled substance inspection programs at selected facilities. GAO is making six recommendations, including that VHA establish procedures to prevent missed inspections, review facilities' inspection procedures, improve coordinator training, and direct facility directors and networks to ensure that facilities correct facility nonadherence to VHA policies.
- Contents:
- Background.
- Selected facilities did not conduct all inspections, follow all inspection procedures, or develop written inspection procedures that were fully consistent with VHA policy.
- Oversight of controlled substance inspection programs by selected VA medical facilities and their networks is inconsistent.
- Conclusions.
- Recommendations for executive action.
- Agency comments.
- Appendices.
- Notes:
- "February 2017"--Cover
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource; title from PDF cover page (GAO, viewed February 26, 2017).
- OCLC:
- 973850478
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