PMID: 9531833Apr 9, 1998Paper

Local monitoring center for clozapine (Leponex) treatment

Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række
K BakkenS Nome

Abstract

A local centre for monitoring clozapine therapy has been in operation in the Pharmacy Department at Asgård Hospital in Tromsø since 1994. The centre utilizes an electronic reporting system and is available to clozapine-prescribers in the three northernmost countries in Norway: Nordland, Troms and Finnmark. The system fosters early detection of poor compliance with frequent blood tests and for signs of white blood cell suppression. This is a new concept in Norway and one way of assuring the quality of clozapine treatment. The purpose of the centre is to improve patient safety by facilitating early detection of potentially dangerous white blood cell suppression, thereby avoiding fatal consequences.

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