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Action Items for DUE Individuals and Teams
This checklist provides actions that drug use evaluation (DUE) individuals or teams can take to optimize the medication prescribed to patients to reduce the environmental, patient and institutional consequences of polypharmacy.
Checklist
Action Items for Institutional Healthcare Providers
This checklist provides actions that institutional healthcare providers can take to optimize the medication prescribed to patients to reduce the environmental, patient and institutional consequences of polypharmacy.
Checklist
Action Items for Institutional Management and Decision Makers
This checklist provides actions that institutional management and decision makers can take to optimize the medication prescribed to patients to reduce the environmental, patient and institutional consequences of polypharmacy.
Checklist
Common prescribing cascades
This resource provides examples of common prescribing cascades, which occur when a drug is prescribed to manage the side effects of another drug.
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Patient Handouts to support deprescribing
This table provides links to patient handouts, with the number of pages listed, that can be accessed to support deprescribing of specific medications.
Patient resource

Medication Optimization for Sustainability in Inpatient Care
This playbook outlines strategies to address the environmental impacts of polypharmacy through medication optimization in inpatient care. This playbook is intended for Canadian healthcare providers working in inpatient healthcare settings that are providing patient care, contributing to institutional policies and initiatives, and/or supporting electronic medical record systems. Background information, resources, and considerations have been included to guide healthcare teams and institutions to implement medication optimization and reduce their environmental impact. The content has been compiled from a review of literature and guidelines, interviews with experienced healthcare professionals, and guidance from academics in the field.
Playbook
Resource Tool Box
This tool box provides useful resources and tools that can be accessed to support medication optimization
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