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“U” Can Make a Difference – Eliminate Dangerous Abbreviations!

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The use of abbreviations, symbols, and dose designations has been identified as an underlying cause of serious, even fatal medication errors.

This one hour webinar identifies strategies and actions to assist in eliminating the use of dangerous abbreviations, symbols and dose designations within your facility.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

Identify abbreviations, symbols and dose designations considered dangerous;
Provide incident examples involving dangerous abbreviations;
Identify and apply strategies to safely communicate medication orders.

Audience:	Nurses, Pharmacists, Accreditation Coordinators, Physicians, Directors and Managers of Quality and Risk Management.
Date:	Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Time:	9:00 am - 10:00 am PT 10:00 am - 11:00 am MT 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CT 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm AT 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm NT
Duration:	1 hour
Cost:	$99.00 (including taxes) per telephone connection Price includes attendance in the live session, presentation handouts and a copy of the webinar recording.
Speaker:	Shirley Sabovitch, RegN, BScN, Medication Safety Specialist ISMP Canada
Contact Us:	webinars@ismp-canada.org

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Registration Fees: $99 (including taxes) per telephone connection

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Speaker

Shirley Sabovitch, RegN, BScN

Shirley is a medication safety specialist at ISMP Canada with over 25 years of nursing experience in healthcare facilities and also in academic centers. Currently, Shirley is involved in medication system reviews as part of the ISMP Canada consultation program, delivery of educational workshops (Root cause Analysis [RCA] and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis [FMEA] across Canada), and responding to general inquiries received by ISMP Canada for the purpose of enhancing medication safety and facilitating knowledge translation.

Background

Related Links:

ISMP Canada Safety Bulletin:

Eliminate Use of Dangerous Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations

Accreditation Canada ROPs:

ISMP Canada ‘Do Not Use Dangerous Abbreviations, Symbols and Dose Designations’ poster

Contact Information

Mail:	4711 Yonge Street, Suite 501 Toronto, ON M2N 6K8
Email:	webinars@ismp-canada.org
Phone:	416-733-3131 ext. 236
Toll Free:	1-866-544-7672 ext. 236
Fax:	416-733-1146