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Manual: Pain Management Policy and Procedure Manual (Ver 2) External Reference: (JCAHO MM.3.10, MM.5.10, MM.6.10, RI.2.160)
As the health care industry’s most comprehensive library of customizable policy and procedure templates, MCN Healthcare’s Pain Management Policy and Procedure Manual includes this customizable template, Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain Management. MCN’s policy library helps you meet compliance with Joint Commission and federal regulations including CMS, CDC, OSHA, OIG, HIPAA and more. Health care organizations around the world utilize MCN’s compliant ready templates and workflow process tools to help them meet the latest changes in regulations and standards. Here is some sample content from Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain Management:
| | OPIOID THERAPY FOR CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT
Drug
Approximate Dose Equivalent to Morphine 10 mg IM
Duration of Action hours
Oral-Parenteral Efficacy Ratio
Codeine
100 mg - 200 mg
4-6
1:2-2:3
Hydromorphone
1.5 mg
4
1:5
Levorphanol
2 mg
6
1:2
Meperidine
80 mg
2-4
1:3-1:4
Methadone
9 mg
6-8
1:2
Morphine
10 mg
4-6
1:3
Oxycodone
10 mg
4
1:2
Pentazocine
50 mg
3
1:3
IM = intramuscular
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3
1:3
IM = intramuscular
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