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LABEL AND PACKAGE DESIGN
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Dates: | Friday, November 24, 2017 |
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Time: | 08:30 - 15:45 |
Location: |
ISMP Canada Medication Safety Learning Centre 4711 Yonge Street Toronto, ON, M2N 6K8 |
Cost: | $500 per person, plus applicable taxes (enrolment is limited to 8 attendees) For registration information, please select the 'Registration' tab near the top of the screen. |
Workshop Level: | Basic: relevant safety principles and concepts will be explained |
Audience: | Pharmacy directors, managers, and supervisors, pharmacy buyers or purchasing technicians, group purchasing managers and buyers, medication safety specialists, patient safety and quality personnel, health product label and package designers |
Friday, November 24, 2017
1 day workshop
Valentina Jelincic, RPh
Pharmacist Consultant
ISMP Canada
Valentina has been a consultant with ISMP Canada for over 13 years and has been a manager in the pharmacy department at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto since 2013. She has worked in the public and private sectors as a consultant, including with professional and non-profit associations.
She has over 25 years of practice in teaching hospitals, ranging from clinical pharmacist to pharmacy administrator. Her experience includes pharmaceutical product selection, formulary review and approval; clinical pharmacy practice; interdisciplinary strategic and project planning; procedure development; drug utilization management; implementation of new hospital programs; and budget development, control, and analysis. Her work has also included writing and editing of educational and healthcare materials, such as symposium proceedings, hospital clinical manuals, and medication safety articles. She has also published in the research literature and has edited English translations of medical articles and dossiers.
Valentina's work with ISMP Canada has involved the development and support of various safety initiatives, including many of the Medication Safety Self-Assessment tools, teaching FMEA and RCA to hospital practitioners, participation in the neuromuscular blocking agent labelling and packaging initiatives, work on Health Canada’s Look-Alike/Sound-Alike guidance, and leading the oncology LASA project with TALLman recommendations. Val is pleased to have worked with Kim on the safe labelling and packaging of medications, a project that relates to the daily activities of almost every healthcare practitioner.
Ambika Sharma, RPh, PharmD, BScPhm, HBSc
Medication Safety Analyst
ISMP Canada
Ambika is a graduate from the University of Toronto's Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy's Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BScPhm) and Post-baccalaureate Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) programs.
Ambika joined ISMP Canada during her final PharmD rotation, which fostered a keen interest in medication safety and the important role of pharmacists in promoting safe medication practices. She continues to work with ISMP Canada as a Medication Safety Analyst, and has been involved in a variety of initiatives. Current projects include: labelling and packaging initiatives with key stakeholders; coordination of SafeMedicationUse.ca newsletters for consumers; the white paper project to optimize effective sharing and learning from medication incidents; and educational workshops, such as "Best Possible Medication History Training for Pharmacy Technicians" and "Label and Package Design".
Contact Us
Mail:
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ISMP Canada 4711 Yonge Street, Suite 501 Toronto, ON M2N 6K8 |
Email:
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education@ismpcanada.ca |
Phone:
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416–733–3131 ext.0 |
Toll Free:
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1–866–544–7672 ext.0 |
Fax:
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416–733–1146 |
4711 Yonge Street
(Procter & Gamble building)
On entry to the building, check in with Security to obtain a visitor ID badge (next to the lobby elevators).
We are located in the Procter & Gamble Building - 4711 Yonge Street - North of the 401 on the East side of Yonge Street, South of Sheppard Avenue.
(416-733-3131 - ISMP Canada)
Note that parking is NOT available in the Procter & Gamble Building. Indoor paid parking is available at the Hullmark Centre (Yonge and Anndale – enter via Anndale).
We are located on the "Yonge Line" - please get off at the Sheppard Station.