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WHAT: American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Webinar: Best Practices in Patient Safety from Commercial Aviation

WHO: Presented by Joseph Brown, President and Founder of The Salus Network.

WHEN: Wednesday, February 17, 2010

11:00 EST – 12:30 EST

For more details please contact ACHE

The Journal of Nursing Administration (JONA), February 2009.

Medication Administration Process Assessment: Applying Lessons Learned from Commercial Aviation.

ARTICLE ABSTRACT

Medication administration is a major safety issue for patients and providers. The authors describe a commercial aviation-based system safety assessment conducted on the medication administration process for a community teaching hospital in the northeast United States. Processes on 2 medical units and 1 surgical unit were assessed. A sampling of qualitative outcomes is presented in a risk prioritization framework, along with practical recommendations predicated on the valuable lessons learned in commercial aviation.

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To assist you in designing safety into all operational systems and processes in the healthcare environment we’ve created a Getting Started Guide at no obligation to you. The Getting Started Guide is arranged sequentially, allowing you to achieve a desired level of safety in each operational system, sub-system, and associated working-level process that directly supports effective safety, quality, and risk management. The Getting Started Guide can be used to manage safety, quality, and risk in all healthcare systems or, if desired, try it out on just one system first.

There are some advantages to starting small, including:

• Minimal disruptions to frontline personnel and administration
• Ability to still capture all system elements, and
• Allows for better “buy-in” from all healthcare disciplines

This exciting, new how-to guide will be available on February 18, 2010.

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