Managing High-Alert Medications

Managing HighManaging high -- alert alert Medications Medications Brought to you by the Brought to you by the Washington Patient Safety CoalitionWashington Patient Safety CoalitionJune 10, 2009 June 10, 2009 Goals of high alert medication Goals of high alert medication Policies and ProcessesPolicies and Processes To eliminate harm to the patient from the use of high alert Medications To develop standardized medication handling processes for high alert Medications To monitor and continually improve the standardized delivery process for high alert medicationsHigh alert MedicationsHigh alert MedicationsBased on 3,184 reports submitted to the US Pharmacopeia MedMarxdatabase involving parenteral routes during 2000 2004. Narcotics/opioids, insulin and heparin combined for of the errors in this review. Between 3-5% of these errors actually caused harm to the / PresentersTopics / Presenters InsulinInsulin Carol Lyn Carol Lyn VanevenhovenVanevenhoven, , PharmDPharmD, Pharmacy Clinical , Pharmacy Clinical Operations Assistant Manager/ medication Safety Operations Assistant Manager/ medication Safety Officer, Yakima Valley Memorial HospitalOfficer, Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Narcotics/Narcotics/OpioidsOpioids Tim LynchTim Lynch, , PharmDPharmD, MS, FABC, Pharmaceutical , MS, FABC, Pharmaceutical Services Manager, St.

Goals of High Alert Medication Policies and Processes To eliminate harm to the patient from the use of high alert medications To develop standardized medication ...

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