2004 ISMP Medication Safety Contest Winners

reduction of Medication Turn-Around-Time

Winner

Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA

• Measured the turn-around-time for medications supplied from the pharmacy and uncovered unacceptable delays.
• Pharmacy workflow was subsequently redesigned, resulting in a 65% improvement
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FMEA

Winner

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

• Performed an FMEA on chemotherapy ordering, dispensing, and administration processes.
• Successfully gained full administrative support for the initiatives, which have now been implemented.

Honorable Mention

Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA

• Performed an FMEA on the narcotic dispensing process in the OR.
• Available materials include:
  
  • Program narrative
  • Proposed process flowchart
  • Revised process flowchart

Advocate Trinity Hospital, Chicago, IL

• Performed an FMEA on the use of the crash cart.
• Available materials include:
  
  • Narrative
  • FMEA worksheet
  • Process flowchart