Medication Safety Self-Assessment^® for Long Term Care

A draft self-assessment tool for medication use systems has been developed for long term care homes with funding provided by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. This self-assessment tool will be tested by a number of Ontario nursing homes this year to validate the content and get feedback on the process.

The pilot will be launched in September 2006 and homes will be expected to complete the tool and enter results on the web by January 2007. Data analysis will be followed by a report provided to participants in the pilot. For more information or if you are interested in participating in the pilot please contact Kris Wichman at kwichman@ismp-canada.org.

Please click here to access the Medication Safety Self-Assessment for Long Term Care tool.