POPPIES
Patterns of Opioid Prescription in Elective Surgery

POPPIES is the latest multi-centre collaborative study spearheaded by VERITAS, exploring current practices around opioid prescription after elective general surgical procedures. This retrospective audit aims to examine mean opioid doses prescribed on discharge and patterns of opioid prescription based on patient & healthcare factors with the view to formulating a specific benchmark in opioid prescription, in accordance with the Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Health Care clinical care standards.

Anticipating collaboration with over 15 sites across Victoria, POPPIES is currently in the process of finalising Hospital Leads & Local Collaborators. If you may be interested in participating in this promising new study, we would love to hear from you at research.veritas@gmail.com , or follow us on Twitter for more updates.

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