Webinar

Work interruptions during medication administration: How risky are they?

Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at 12 noon ET

ISMP Canada is very pleased to have Dr. Alain Biron discuss the relationship between work interruptions and medication errors.

This one hour webinar will provide an overview of the recent research evidence on predictors of medication administration errors, with a particular focus on work interruptions. The results of a recent study completed by Dr. Biron and colleagues will be presented. The possible implications of the study findings as they related to nurses' work environment will be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this webinar participants will be understand:

• the state of current research evidence linking work interruptions, workload, medication administration complexity and overtime to medication administration errors;
• the extend to which work interruptions increase medication administration errors; and
• the main sources of nurses' work interruptions during medication administration.
  

Audience:	Nurses, physicians, pharmacists, clinical directors, quality/risk managers and others with an interest in medication system safety.
Date:	Wednesday, November 24, 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:	$95.00 (plus applicable taxes) per telephone connection For registration information, please select the ‘Registration’ tab.
Presenter:	Alain Biron, inf., M.Sc., Ph.D Performance Evaluation Advisor, Department of Quality, Risk and Performance, Transition Office at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, McGill University, Philip Hassen Fellow, Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI)

Contact Us: webinars@ismp-canada.org

Speaker

Dr. Alain Biron, inf., M.Sc., Ph.D Alain is a performance evaluation advisor for the department of quality, risk and performance and at the Transition Office at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and assistant professor at the School of Nursing, McGill University. He recently completed a doctorate in nursing, with a thesis on medication errors. He is currently the Philip Hassen Fellow in Patient Safety from the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI).

Background

Related Links:

ISMP (United States) Medication Safety Alert:

• Safe practice environment chapter proposed by USP

• Biron A, Lavoie-Tremblay M, Loiselle C, Work interruptions and their contribution to medication administration errors: an evidence review
• Wichman K, Greenall J, Take a proactive approach with the Medication Safety Self-Assessment

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