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OPERATION GROGCOUNT: THE ROUTINE RECORDING OF ALCOHOL INTAKE AT ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL
Author(s) -
O'Neill Pat,
Walsh Raoul
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian alcohol/drug review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0726-4550
DOI - 10.1080/09595238380000091
Subject(s) - alcohol consumption , hazardous waste , medicine , alcohol , medical emergency , environmental health , engineering , waste management , chemistry , biochemistry
Operation Grogcount, a scheme which involves the compulsory, routine recording of alcohol intake of all adult in‐patients, was commenced at Royal Newcastle Hospital in 1979. The effect of this scheme on the alcohol recording rate is reviewed and the difficulties encountered outlined. Operation Grogcount has doubled the percentage of files containing a quantitative assessment of alchol consumption. It has also increased the identification rate of hazardous drinkers. Suggestions are made for extending the impact of Operation Grogcount on identified hazardous drinkers.