TELECONFERENCE

Safe Use of Automated Dispensing Cabinets: Choosing Safety over Convenience

Registration for the teleconference has expired.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) are one of the most common technologies found today in hospitals around the country, but until now there has been very little formalized guidance available on preventing errors related to ADC use. In 2007, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) held a national forum with pharmacists, nurses, and vendors to develop the first set of safe ADC processes that can help guide practice in all clinical areas.
ISMP’s teleconference will provide a comprehensive overview of issues associated with safer ADC use. Speakers will focus on the common errors associated with ADCs, review applicable data from ISMP self-assessment surveys, and discuss safer practice recommendations developed in conjunction with the national forum.
Speakers will also address critical issues such as selecting a dispensing model and cabinet configuration to meet your clinical needs, formulary management of the ADC, restocking procedures, nursing withdrawal and transport of medications, and ADC system overrides. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions about the recently-released consensus recommendations, as well as discuss specific issues regarding safer ADC use in their organizations.

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

Interdisciplinary teams of front-line
Middle management
Administrative level nurses
Pharmacists
Pharmacy technicians
Physicians
Information technology staff
Patient or medication safety officers
Risk management/performance improvement staff

OBJECTIVES

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

Describe common medication errors associated with the use of ADCs
Discuss ISMP self-assessment survey data regarding ADCs
Select safe practice recommendations developed by ISMP’s recent national forum on ADCs
Determine benefits of strong nursing-pharmacy relationship for the safe use of ADC technology.

MODERATOR

Matthew Grissinger, RPh, FISMP, FASCP, Director of Error Reporting Programs, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Huntingdon Valley, PA

SPEAKERS

Stuart Levine, PharmD, Informatics Specialist, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Huntingdon Valley, PA
Susan Paparella, RN, MSN, Vice President, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Huntingdon Valley, PA

PRICING INFORMATION

Live Teleconference	$195.00
Live Teleconference and Teleconference CD	$225.00 (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 1/29/2008.
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.

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: 180-999-07-518-L05-P.

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.