PPT-IV Medication Safety in the SICU

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. Lauren E. Glaze, . PharmD. Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice. UAMS South Family Medical Center. Objectives. Define transitional care and its impact on healthcare outcomes and expenditures . Describe the development of a Transitions of Care (TOC) service . Module 12. Medication Errors. The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention defines a medication error as follows: any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of health care professional, patient, or consumer. 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 . Chapter Topics. Medical errors. Medication errors. Prescription filling process in community and hospital pharmacy practices. Medication error prevention. Medication error reporting systems. Learning Objectives. 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 . 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. The Critical Care Medicine Faculty is a multi-disciplinary team with members from both the Departments of Surgery and Anesthesiology 1To prepare the medical student for the practice of critical care m -11-2019Surgery Intensive Care Unit Approved by the CEPC on 6-11-2019Course DirectorSusan F McLean MD FACSOffice number 915215Office location AEC 2Floor RM 264Email susanmcleanttuhsceduPager 915Progra 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. Welcome to the monthly web meeting . Wednesday 31. st. August 2022. The meeting will start at 1pm. Web meeting process. Welcome to our monthly meeting using MS Teams. Please use the chat box to comment, share your experiences and ask questions.. 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.