PPT-Basics of Medication Safety

Welcome and Introductions 2 Presentation Goals To raise your awareness of how you can help improve patient safety safe medication use practices the value of working with your pharmacist 3 Topics. MEDICARE PATIENTS Preventing and . Responding. DSN Kevin Dobi, MS, . APrn. Copyright © 2014 by Mosby, an imprint of Elsevier Inc.. C. hapter. 5. Medication errors. Institute of Medicine studies (1999, 2006). Adverse drug reactions. S:. Recently, we have had . several IV . medication errors in the SICU with continuous drips. B:. Several factors related to these errors, including:. • Verifying the correct medication is hung. Are Key to . Keeping Kidney Patients Safe. On average, dialysis patients take 6 to 10 different medications each day.. Most dialysis patients report that they only “sometimes” discuss all of their medications with their doctor.. Wilma Townsend. DPT, Team Leader. November 20, 2014. Objectives. (. 1) increase the field’s knowledge of medication units and their usefulness and barriers to implementation; . (. 2) demonstrate how medication units increase treatment capacity and access to care, . H. Gwen Bartlett, BS Pharmacy, . PharmD. , . BCPS, BCCCP. Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice. Cardiology Specialty. Husson. University. Bangor, ME . 1. Disclosure. I. . have no relevant financial . complications as published by the FDA As of December 2018, the FDA reports that 24 women, out of approximately 3.7 million, have died after taking mifepristone for medication abortion. However, as Insert Speaker Information here. Insert your logo here. Introduction. 1. . Adverse drug events are the sixth leading cause of death in hospitals and are responsible for 7% of all admissions. . Health & Human Services estimates that medication errors cost medicare 1.2 billion dollars . Philip A Routledge. James Coulson. All Wales Therapeutics and Toxicology Centre. Cardiff, Wales, UK. Case Study. A 44 year-old woman had a urinary tract infection and was prescribed the antibiotic nitrofurantoin for 10 days. Two weeks later she noticed numbness, pins and needles and tingling of the lower limbs up to mid-thigh. She was examined by a neurologist three months later, who stated that this was likely to have been a peripheral neuropathy related to the previous course of nitrofurantoin. She is referred to you (as a clinical pharmacologist) for advice.. Rationale. medication use has become increasingly complex in recent times. medication error is a major cause of preventable patient harm. as future doctors, you will have an important role in making medication use safe. Andrew Smith, Lancaster, UK. On behalf of the ESAIC Patient Safety and Quality Committee and the EBA. Adverse drug event ADE. “. An adverse drug event, injuries resulting from medical intervention. Presenter Name/Organization. 2. Medications can help us when used as directed by a healthcare professional. Which scenario represents prescription drug misuse?. 3. Misusing medications is:. Taking more than prescribed. Welcome to the monthly web meeting . Wednesday 26. th. April 2023. Web meeting process. Welcome to our monthly meeting using MS Teams. Please use the chat box to comment, share your experiences and ask questions.. Medication Formulary. Medication Order Writing. Vanessa’s Law (Mandatory ADR and MDI Reporting). Opioid Prescribing in Hospital. July . 2021. Lisa Nodwell, . BScPharm. , ACPR. Clinical Pharmacy Manager.