TELECONFERENCE

Meeting the 2005 National Patient Safety Goals Challenge: Avoiding Dangerous Abbreviations and Errors Caused by Look-alike Drug Names

Registration for the teleconference has expired.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

Please join us for the first in a series of ISMP teleconferences in 2005, Meeting the 2005 National Patient Safety Goals Challenge: Avoiding dangerous abbreviations and errors caused by look-alike drug names. The teleconference will be held on Friday, February 4, 2005, from 1:30-3:00 p.m. (EST). Robert Catalano, MD, MBA, and Timothy Lesar, PharmD, from Albany Medical Center, will discuss their involvement in a successful, collaborative, medical staff-driven effort to eliminate error-prone abbreviations with a regional group of NY hospitals. ISMP President, Michael Cohen, RPh, ScD, will also discuss the November 2004 National Summit on Medical Abbreviations, convened by the Joint Commission and the American Medical Association to explore the scope, implications, and difficulties of complying with the Joint Commission's "minimum list" of dangerous abbreviations. Using real-life examples from error reporting programs, Dr. Cohen will also explore the vulnerabilities of look-alike and sound-alike drug names and discuss various ways to reduce the risk of errors with these products. Slides and handouts will be provided before the teleconference, and continuing education credit will be available for nurses and pharmacists.

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

OBJECTIVES

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

Summarize the activities and outcomes of the National Summit on Medical Abbreviations.
List the abbreviations and symbols included on the minimum "Do Not Use" list.
Outline the process used to implement "Do Not Use" abbreviations in a region's hospitals.
Describe strategies that can be used to gain medical staff leadership and foster changes in physician practice with regard to avoidance of dangerous abbreviations.
Explain the importance of collaboration and culture changes required to successfully eradicate error-prone communication in the healthcare setting.
Describe the role of look-alike and sound-alike medication names in medication errors and implement actions that can help avoid mix-ups.

MODERATOR

Michael R. Cohen, RPh, MS, DSc, President, Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), Huntingdon Valley, PA

SPEAKERS

Robert Catalano, MD, MBA, Medical Director, Albany Medical Center - SCC/ Associate Medical Director, AMCH
Timothy Lesar, PharmD, Director of Pharmacy, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY
Michael R. Cohen, RPh, MS, DSc, President, Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), Huntingdon Valley, PA

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 2/3/2005.
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: .

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.