Utilizing Methadone to Treat Residents: Pre-Test

Please select the date this live training occurred.*

1. Can the facility clinician order methadone for residents from long term care pharmacy?*

a. Yes

b. No

c. Sometimes

2. Methadone dosing can always be checked on the PDMP (Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.)*

a. True

b. False

3. Methadone dosing for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) can be adjusted at the facility clinician level when resident is in the facility.*

a. True

b. False

4. With proper documentation and chain of custody agreement signed, methadone from the OTP can be delivered to the nursing home through____________.*

a. Staff from the nursing home can pick up.

b. Resident can pick up the medication from the OTP

c. Family members can pick up methadone from OTP

d. Both a & b

e. All of the above

5. Which is true about methadone treatment in nursing home for opioid use disorder?*

a. Long-term care pharmacy can dispense methadone for OUD for the initial 7 days while arranging from OTP.

b. Nursing homes can send any staff member available that day, to pick up methadone from OTP.

c. Since Methadone is for OUD, and is dispensed from the OTP, it does not have the two-lock requirement like the other narcotics in the facility.

d. OTP may require the resident to get substance testing.