CHILD SPECIFIC INDICATORS OF VISIT
Are medicines administered only for necessary treatment on medical
grounds and – when possible – after having obtained the informed
consent of the child concerned?
ASK: Children | Staff (medical staff) | Director
OBSERVE:
ʺʺ Use of medicines by children
CHECK:
ʺʺ Medical registers, see the list of medicines administered; on which medical grounds they
have been prescribed; whether they have been prescribed by a health professional (inside
or outside the facility) and have been administered as prescribed
ʺʺ Consent of the child, see whether consent has been given after having been duly informed
(complete, exact and understandable information) of his/her medical state of health and the
medical grounds on the basis of which medicines are prescribed by the health professional
ʺʺ Use of medicines see whether there has been any experimental use of drugs and treatment;
any use of medicines for eliciting information or obtaining a confession
ʺʺ Register of incidents and register of disciplinary measures; see whether there is any
connection between the use of medicines and a specific incident, punishment, disciplinary
measure or mean of restraint
BOP 22 | RPJDL 55 | ERJO 72.1, 72.2, 118 | CPT/Inf (1998)12, 41 | CPT/Inf (2015)1, V, 3, d, 115
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