June 2003
Ontario Hospitals are invited to complete the ISMP Canada follow-up survey on the disposition of potassium chloride injections in hospitals.Ontario Hospitals are invited to "The Next Step for Ontario Hospitals" seminar on upcoming safety initiatives.
The July 17 session will provide:
- Demonstration of an Ontario web-access medication error database.
- Introduction to a hospital medication safety self-assessment tool provided by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
- An update on the progress of the concentrated KCl project, and support to hospitals for a proactive response to the upcoming coroner's inquest into a patient's death related to inadvertent administration of concentrated potassium chloride.
- An introduction to the next focused high alert drug strategy based on 4000 errors reported to ISMP Canada.
The session is sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
