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The '''WHO Model List of Essential Medications''' is a list created by the [[World Health Organization]] ([[Quadriplegia (Album)|(WHO)]] of the most effective and safe medications for any given health care system. More than 150 countries have created their own national essential medication lists based on the WHO list. | The '''WHO Model List of Essential Medications''' is a list created by the [[World Health Organization]] ([[Quadriplegia (Album)|(WHO)]] of the most effective and safe medications for any given health care system. More than 150 countries have created their own national essential medication lists based on the WHO list. |
Latest revision as of 20:16, 11 March 2017
The WHO Model List of Essential Medications is a list created by the World Health Organization ((WHO) of the most effective and safe medications for any given health care system. More than 150 countries have created their own national essential medication lists based on the WHO list.
The List
The list was first published in 1977 and was last updated in 2016. The list as it stands is surprisingly short:
- Ativan[1]
- Coffee[2][3][4]
- Dilaudid[5]
- Enemas[6]
- GoLYTELY
- Haldol[7]
- Laughter[8]
- Placebo
- Sodium bicarbonate[9]
References
- Jump up ↑ FDA Finally Approves The Ativan Diffuser for All Hospital Units
- Jump up ↑ The Joint Commission Now Encourages Coffee At Nursing Stations, Mortality Rates Plummet
- Jump up ↑ Amazing Respiratory Therapist Performs ABG with One Hand, Drinks Coffee with Other
- Jump up ↑ Crisis Brewing as Unit 61’s Coffee Machine Broken
- Jump up ↑ Spock: “Patient’s Demands for Dilaudid Highly Illogical”
- Jump up ↑ Updated 2016 Code Constipation Algorithm
- Jump up ↑ Haldol Blowdart Halted in Phase 3 Clinical Trial Due to “Safety Concerns”
- Jump up ↑ Breaking: Ativan is the Best Medicine, Laughter Falls to Sixth
- Jump up ↑ ICU Team Figures Out What Their Code Needs: More Bicarb!