Medication problems in prisoners
August 18, 2014
THE most commonly managed
problems at prison health clinics
related to medication/vaccination,
according to a bulletin released by
the Australian Institute of Health
and Welfare (AIHW).
The report found that during
the two week data collection
period in 2012, more than 4,000
prisoners in custody visited a prison
clinic, or 26% of males and 38%
of females, and of the more than
9,000 problems managed, about
21% were related to medication/
vaccination, representing almost
one in 10 prisoners.
This was followed by general
health assessments at 14%,
pathology at 8% and psychological/
mental health related at 7%.
The bulletin said the data
period coincided with the time of
year when flu vaccinations were
generally administered in prisons,
which could have skewed data.
Nurses were the most likely
healthcare practitioners to deal
with medication and vaccinations
at 25% of problems managed,
compared with GPs at 8%.
Almost 22,000 prescribed
medications were administered on
the first day of the collection period
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