Complex Continuing Care (CCC) and Rehabilitation Facility Medication Safety Self-Assessment™

The Complex Continuing Care and Rehabilitation Facility Medication Safety Self-Assessment™ is designed to:

• heighten awareness of the distinguishing characteristics of a safe medication system in specialized facility settings;
  and to

• create a baseline of facility efforts to enhance the safety of medication and evaluate these efforts over time.

The self-assessment is divided into 10 elements that most significantly influence safe medication use. Each element of medication use is defined by one or more core distinguishing characteristics of a safe medication system. Representative self-assessment characteristics are provided to help you evaluate your success with each of the core distinguishing characteristics.

To enter your data, a password is required. You can obtain a password by sending an email request to mssa@ismp-canada.org.

The Complex Continuing Care (CCC) and Rehabilitation Facility Medication Safety Self-Assessment™ and its components are copyrighted by ISMP and may not be used in whole or in part for any other purpose or by any other entity except for self assessment of medication systems by facilities as part of their ongoing quality improvement activities. The aggregate results of this assessment will be used for research and education purposes only.

ISMP Canada is not a standards setting organization. As such, the self-assessment characteristics in this document are not purported to represent a minimum standard of practice and should not be considered as such. In fact, some of the self-assessment criteria represent innovative practices and system enhancements that are not widely implemented in most facilities today. However, their value in reducing errors is grounded in scientific research and expert analysis of medication errors and their causes.