5.5.6.
5.5.7.
5.6.
Female overseer-orderlies shall serve on duty in
women’s wards, and male overseer-orderlies shall serve
in men’s wards.
The relevant training programs for the medical personnel
should be revised, including their duration, frequency,
and content, and their conformity with the international
requirements shall be secured.
Medication; Lab Tests
5.6.1.
5.6.2.
5.6.3.
5.6.4.
5.6.5.
The use of expired medication is impermissible. Proper
oversight
shall
be
established
in
psychiatric
organizations over the use of medication with unknown
expiry date and expired medication, including the use
thereof, in order to preclude any such practice.
Overdue medication and medical supplies shall be
properly disposed of. Violating this rule may be
dangerous for not only persons held in psychiatric
organizations, but also the environment.
The legislation should prescribe the procedure according
to which a psychiatric organization shall provide
psychotropic (psychoactive) substances to a person held
in a psychiatric organization during the time when such
person is receiving treatment for a somatic illness in
another medical institution.
Proper and safe conditions for storing medication,
including psychotropic medication shall be ensured in
psychiatric organizations.
When patients are able to purchase medication from
pharmacies that are located outside a psychiatric
organization, their use shall be controlled. Regulations
shall be developed on the introduction of such
medication into psychiatric organizations and the safety
of keeping and using such medication inside such
organizations.
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