TELECONFERENCE

Adverse Drug Events:
Medication Error or Adverse Drug Reaction?

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW Are you able to determine if an adverse drug event was preventable or not? Adverse drug events include those that are nonpreventable (adverse drug reactions) and those that are preventable by definition (medication errors). This teleconference, scheduled for February 19, 2009 at 1:30 pm (ET), will provide an overview of classification of adverse drug reactions and focus on the "preventability factor" involved in many of these "nonpreventable" adverse drug events. Case vignettes will demonstrate how many nonpreventable adverse drug events may indeed be a facet of medication errors, primarily those classified as medication errors of omissions. Join ISMP and learn how to identify patient-specific "preventability factors" as the key in reducing patient harm from the adverse effects of drugs.

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

• Prescribers: Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, & Physician Assistants
• Medication Safety and Patient Safety Officers
• Medication Safety Team members
• Risk and Quality Managers
• Pharmacy Directors
• Hospital Pharmacists
• Nurse Managers
• Staff Nurses

OBJECTIVES

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

• Describe the relationship between preventable and non-preventable adverse drug events
• Analyze adverse drug reactions for their potential to be medication errors
• Identify adverse drug events that are or may be preventable
• Incorporate safeguards to help prevent adverse drug events

MODERATOR

• Allen J. Vaida, PharmD, FASHP, Executive Vice President, ISMP, Horsham, PA

SPEAKERS

• Patrick J. McDonnell, PharmD, Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Temple University School of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, PA

PRICING INFORMATION

Live Teleconference	$215.00
Live Teleconference and Teleconference CD	$245.00 (Plus $5.00 S&H)
Teleconference CD	$215.00 (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 2/18/2009.
• 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: 180-999-09-500-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.