TELECONFERENCE

Important Package Design Considerations for Safe Purchasing and Use of Pharmaceutical Products

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW ISMP is offering a special teleconference for pharmacists and technicians who purchase pharmaceutical products, members of the pharmaceutical industry who design product labels, and healthcare providers who are interested in reducing errors associated with drug labeling and packaging. Recent high profile medication errors involving mix-ups between look-alike pharmaceutical products have brought increased attention to the need to understand factors that contribute to safe packaging and labeling of medications. Many errors caused by drug labeling and packaging arise when pharmaceutical companies and policy makers (FDA) fail to appreciate and follow human factors engineering guidelines. Consideration of human factors engineering methods is crucial for safe purchasing of medical products, detecting error-prone packaging and labeling, and enhancing the design of packaging and labeling within the hospital when needed. Join noted human factors expert John Gosbee, MD, MS, as he describes safety considerations related to product design. Then, medication safety advocate Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, will present a historical array of product-related medication errors to demonstrate characteristics that should be considered when purchasing pharmaceutical products.

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

• Pharmacy directors
• Staff pharmacists
• Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who purchase pharmaceutical products
• Medication safety officers
• Risk managers
• Group purchasing organizations
• FDA staff responsible for approval of new product labeling and packaging
• Pharmaceutical industry staff
• Other healthcare providers who are interested in reducing errors associated with the labeling and packaging of pharmaceutical products

OBJECTIVES

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

• Define human factors engineering and how it relates to medication safety
• Describe how product labeling and packaging can contribute to medication errors
• List three characteristics related to labeling & packaging of pharmaceuticals that should be considered when purchasing medications
• Identify three ways to enhance the design of packaging and labeling
• Convey how dependence on warnings and labels can undermine safety
• Illustrate how innovative packaging and labeling of products can serve a central role in disease management

MODERATOR

• Michael R. Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, President, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Horsham, PA

SPEAKERS

• John Gosbee, MD, MS, Human Factors Engineering and Healthcare Specialist, Red Forest Consulting, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI
• Michael R. Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, President, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Horsham, 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 5/6/2008.
• 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.

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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: 180-999-08-508-L04-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.