PPT-Topic 11 Introduction to medication safety

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. Medication Order Writing & the “Do Not Use” Abbreviations. To enhance understanding of the linkages between medication safety and communication.. To ensure that all healthcare professional and associated staff are familiar with the “DO NOT USE: Dangerous Abbreviations and Symbols, Dose Designations” Materials from the Manitoba Institute for Patient Safety.. 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, . Objectives. After reading this chapter, you will be able to: . Identify problems patients would experience with over-the-counter purchases and take appropriate action to intervene.. Identify commonly prescribed drugs. . By. Tsneem. . Tagelsir. . Khider. Medication safety. What is “medication error”?. Error . . Failure. of a planned action to be completed as intended. Medication error . Any . preventable event . 2016-2017 TARGETED MEDICATION SAFETY BEST PRACTICES FOR HOSPITALS. Laura J. Haynes, PharmD, BCPS. Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Medication Safety. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Department of Pharmacy. Main Title Here. Topic 1. Topic 1 title goes here. Your text here. Your text here. Your text here. Your text here. Your text here. Your text here. Your text . here. Your text here. Your text here. Your text here. 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.. Mixing/chemistry interaction. INTRODUCTION. José M. García Oliver CMT-UPVLC. Ann . Arbor, . April. . 4th . 2014. TARGETS RELATED TO SPRAY . COMBUSTION AFTER ECN2 . Combustion . modeling fidelity with different implementations (well-mixed, . 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. 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. August 2021. Standard 4: Medication Safety. The Medication Safety Standard aims to ensure that clinicians safely prescribe, dispense and administer appropriate medicines, and monitor medicine use. It also aims to ensure that consumers are informed about medicines, and understand their own medicine needs and risks..