TY - JOUR T1 - A quality improvement initiative to increase the use of patients’ own drugs through the implementation of a ‘Green Bag’ scheme at a central London hospital JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 31 LP - 31 DO - 10.7861/futurehosp.6-1-s31 VL - 6 IS - Suppl 1 AU - Marios Erotocritou AU - George Choa AU - Oliver I Clark AU - Fatema Mamdani AU - Lyndsey Nicoll AU - Saika Walji AU - Tan Yi Xin AU - Gemma Wareing AU - Yogini Jani Y1 - 2019/03/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/Suppl_1/31.abstract N2 - Aims were: primarily to increase the usage of patients’ own drugs (PODs) throughout elective surgery patients’ hospital stay via the use of the Green Bag scheme (which has demonstrated positive results in other hospitals)improvement of medication reconciliationreduction in administrative delaysreduction in drug costs and wasteimproving patients’ experienceprovide patients with a physical reminder and means of bringing all their PODs when admitted for surgerycreate an easily identifiable source of their medicines … ER -