UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION BY THE INDEPENDENT OMBUDSMAN’S OFFICE
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Cross-reference clinical records with custody records
Observation
Observe whether custody staff offer prisoners or detainees the opportunity to see a health
services professional
3 –Prisoners or detainees receive prescribed medication
Indicators
All medications on site are stored safely, securely, and disposed of safely if not
consumed. There is safe pharmaceutical stock management and use.
The management of the pharmacy is sound and the medicines are used safely.
Prisoners or detainees are prescribed medication to meet any clinical signs,
symptoms or conditions.
Prisoners or detainees receive medication to provide relief for drug and alcohol
withdrawal symptoms if clinically indicated.
Prescribed medication is received at the designated times.
Evidence
Staff
Ask
What the procedures are for the prescribing and administration of medications
How liaison between health care staff, drug/alcohol referral workers or community
drugs workers functions.
About the arrangements for the storage, dispensing and disposal of
pharmaceuticals, and whether they are appropriately labelled.
How stock levels of medications are decided, reviewed, recorded and monitored
If health professionals carry medications and, if so, whether they are in a secure
container at all times
Whether health care staff have 24-hour access to the support of a pharmacist if
medications that are brought in by the prisoner or detainee are returned to them
when they are released.
Whether the prisoner or detainee or prisoner is allowed to continue using prescribed
medication prior to his/her detention or imprisonment
