TELECONFERENCE

Eliminating Reliance on

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW Eliminating reliance on the "rule of six" may seem a daunting task. Unquestionably, it will involve hard work and agreement among pharmacists, nurses, and physicians regarding dosing, concentrations, volumes, and methods of delivering drug infusions to neonatal and smaller pediatric patients. However, the benefits are clear: simplified, efficient, and safer processes for prescribing, preparing, and administering neonatal infusions. During this teleconference, healthcare practitioners from Albany Medical Center will tell you exactly how their hospital, with a level IV neonatal intensive care unit and a diverse pediatric patient population, was able to convert from using the "rule of six" and other impromptu methods of dosing and drug preparation to a robust system that uses standard concentrations for drug infusions. They will begin with a frank discussion about the frequent and serious errors that arose at the hospital when staff relied on the "rule of six." They will then describe in detail the current neonatal and pediatric drug delivery process while mapping out the keys to success as well as helpful tips for facing the challenges during transition from the "rule of six" to a more standardized process.

INTENDED AUDIENCE (Interdisciplinary teams are encouraged to attend together):

• Teams consisting of physicians, pharmacists, and nurses from healthcare settings that currently use the "rule of six" will benefit most from this teleconference. However, with the Joint Commission's emphasis on standardized drug concentrations and pharmacy preparation of drug infusions, any hospital that provides neonatal and pediatric services may welcome participation.

OBJECTIVES

Following completion of this teleconference, participants should be able to:

• Discuss two safety hazards with relying on the "rule of six" to dose and prepare neonatal and pediatric drug infusions.
• Describe why it is not feasible or safe to transfer responsibility for IV admixture of neonatal and pediatric solutions to pharmacy without first standardizing the drug delivery process.
• Outline three key components to standardization of neonatal and pediatric parenteral drug delivery.
• Identify two common challenges during the transition from the "rule of six" to a standardized neonatal and pediatric drug delivery system.
• List two ways to prepare for and face the common challenges encountered during transition from the "rule of six" to a standardized neonatal and pediatric drug delivery system.

MODERATOR

• Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, President of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices

SPEAKERS

• Timothy Lesar, PharmD, Albany Medical Center NY
• Amy Mitchell, PharmD, Albany Medical Center NY
• Patrick Sommo, PharmD, Albany Medical Center NY
• Thomas Mocerine, RPh, Albany Medical Center NY
• Michael Horgan MD, a neonatologist and director of the NICU at Albany Medical Center NY

PRICING INFORMATION

Live Teleconference	$0.00
Live Teleconference and Teleconference CD	$0.00 (Plus $5.00 S&H)
Teleconference CD	$195.00 (Plus $5.00 S&H)
*CD includes a file of the audio recording of the teleconference as well as PowerPoint files containing slides of each presentation.

TELECONFERENCE POLICIES

Registration

• One telephone line connection is allowed per registration. Others may listen on this telephone line via an internal extension, or a speakerphone may be used for larger groups.
• You may not set up conferencing capabilities for other sites outside the facility. Each specific site may be used for larger groups. Each specific site must register individually.
• We cannot accept registrations without an email address and the name of a contact person.
• Registration for this teleconference will end at midnight ET on 1/28/2004.
• CDs will be available for purchase after the teleconference.

Cancellations

• Cancellations must be requested via an email message to our teleconference department.
• Cancellations received before the start (1:30 pm ET) of the teleconference will receive a full refund or credit.
• Cancellations received after the start (1:30 pm ET) of the teleconference and within 3 business days after the teleconference will be assessed a cancellation fee of $50.00.
• If your organization does not cancel within 3 business days after the date of the teleconference and does not participate, the full registration fee will be charged.

Materials

• If your organization's registered participant does not receive the teleconference materials that are sent out approximately 2 days before the teleconference via email, please send an email message to our billing department prior to the start of the teleconference.
  
• When registering, please be sure to provide the email address of the person to whom ISMP should send these materials.

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Accreditation Information:

NOTE: There is no additional charge for continuing education credits for this teleconference.

Pharmacy Continuing Education Continuing education credits will be provided by The Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group. PPAG is an approved provider of continuing pharmacy education by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE). This program has been approved for 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUs). The UPN is: . Nursing Continuing Education Debora Simmons is approved by the California Board of Nurse Examiners as a provider of continuing nursing education. This program has been assigned the Universal Program Number CEP 13677 and is approved for 1 contact hours (0.1 CEUs) of continuing nursing education.