Background: ATHOME enrolment is organised by treating physicians

Background: ATHOME enrolment is organised by treating physicians for patients after a minimum 12 AAG or 3 VAG in hospital infusions. Methods: The ATHOME Program Coordinator arranges for an IV administration trained registered nurse to deliver, prepare, administer and monitor infusion safety in the home or workplace. Physicians receive written reports after each infusion. Records of infusion timings, retention rates and patient numbers are collated by the nurses and managed by the ATHOME Coordinator. Results: ATHOME commenced in Australia July 2010 for AAG patients. In May 2013

it was extended to ITF2357 solubility dmso VAG patients. Total enrolments to 28 February 2014 were 30 AAG and 12 VAG patients. Patient retention to ATHOME over the length of the program has been 86.7% and 75.0% with an adherence of 97.9% and 98.1% of planned infusions administered, 89.7% and 86.9% delivered within 2 days of due date for AAG and VAG respectively. Conclusions: ATHOME infusion service successfully offered enrolled patients the convenience and flexibility to receive their treatment in the home or workplace environment with high adherence. 227 COCA COLA? THE NEW TOBACCO

WE HOY1, D EDDY2, RW MANNING3, L TUNGATALUM4, PW HOY5, SA MOTT1, PA BALL6 1Centre for Chronic Disease, Raf inhibitor The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD; 2Formerly Nguiu Ullintjinni Association, Tiwi Islands, NT; 3RWM Consultancy, Darwin, NT; 4Tiwi Land Council, Tiwi Islands, NT; 5Formerly MSC, Darwin Thiamet G Diocese, NT; 6Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia Aim: To highlight volumes

of sales of Coca-Cola in remote Aboriginal communities. Background: Aboriginal people in remote areas are impoverished, poorly educated, poorly nourished, have limited choices and pay high prices for every commodity. Early life malnutrition enhances susceptibility to chronic disease, which is amplified by a diet of highly processed micronutrient-deficient calorie-dense foods. The WHO recommends that sugars constitute <10% (soon potentially <5%) of energy intake. Brimblecombe recently estimated, in three remote communities, that sugars constituted about 30% of energy intake. Our observations. In a 2011 store audit in a separate study community, with the highest CV death and renal failure rates in Australia, soft drinks, sweets and ice-creams accounted for 46% of spending on consumables, exclusive of alcohol and cigarettes. Specifically, 108,000 litres of Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) softdrink were sold in six months, or >16 litres per month for everyone age 15+ years. On enquiry, CCA’s Board Chairman cited corporate resolve to provide a full range of choices to even the most disadvantaged Australians. In 2007, CCA’s website nominated the NT as the global leader in per capita Coke consumption.

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