Resources for Opioid Stewardship Implementation (ROSI)

Resources for Opioid Stewardship Implementation (ROSI) is a multidisciplinary toolkit to help healthcare facilities with practical, user-friendly information and resources to help facilities begin to implement an opioid stewardship program.

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The resources within ROSI have been developed by a team of multidisciplinary clinicians experienced in facilitating changes in opioid prescribing. Significant improvements in patient safety and other outcome measures can be demonstrated when the resources contained within the toolkit are incorporated into opioid stewardship programs.

Prescribing guides can help less experienced prescribers provide effective age-based opioid analgesia rather than using underdosing as a safety tool. This is especially important for younger and for opioid-tolerant patients. Guides should be uniform across the organisation; on lanyards, on medication prescribing platforms, and embedded in all trauma and pain protocols.