Routine alcohol screening in the ED: unscreened patients have an increased risk for hazardous alcohol use - van Loon M, van der Mast RC, van der Linden MC, van Gaalen FA.

BACKGROUND: Routine screening programmes for hazardous alcohol use in the ED miss large numbers of patients. We investigated whether patient-related or staff-related factors cause screening failures and whether unscreened patients are at increased risk of ...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news