Please join us on Tuesday evening, December 4, 2018, for the annual ISMP Cheers Awards dinner at Bowlmore Anaheim in Anaheim, CA, and/or make a donation to support ISMP's lifesaving work. The awards celebrate an impressive group of healthcare leaders who are in their own league when it comes to best practices and programs that prevent medication errors and protect patients. Highlights of the gala will include a keynote address by Ana McKee, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of The Joint Commission. To make a donation or register for the dinner, please visit: https://www.ismp.org/support-cheers-awards.
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Register to attend the ISMP Update on Top Medication Safety Issues from 2018 on Thursday, November 15, 2018 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm ET, and learn from errors that have occurred in other healthcare organizations. This free webinar will present information based on reports to the ISMP National Medication Errors Reporting Program, and will include suggested prevention and mitigation strategies. For more details and to register, visit: www.ismp.org/node/1168 .
Join ISMP for the ancillary event Balancing Unpredictable Intravenous Medication Supply with the Demand for Safe Injection Practices. For more information and registration: https://www.ismp.org/node/1098
Attend one of ISMP’s educational sessions this October on Balancing Unpredictable Intravenous Medication Supply with the Demand for Safe Injection Practices. ISMP experts will identify key safety issues and present error prevention strategies to implement while shortages are ongoing at a program on October 5 during the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists seminar in San Diego. Programs will be held on October 7 at the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management Annual Conference in Nashville and on October 24 at the American Nurses Credentialing Center National Magnet Conference in Denver that also will focus on risks associated with IV medications and discuss ISMP’s Guidelines for Safe Practice of Adult IV Push Medications. Space is limited, and preregistration is encouraged. For more information and to register, visit: www.ismp.org/node/23.
Attend one of ISMP’s educational sessions this October on Balancing Unpredictable Intravenous Medication Supply with the Demand for Safe Injection Practices. ISMP experts will identify key safety issues and present error prevention strategies to implement while shortages are ongoing at a program on October 5 during the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists seminar in San Diego. Programs will be held on October 7 at the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management Annual Conference in Nashville and on October 24 at the American Nurses Credentialing Center National Magnet Conference in Denver that also will focus on risks associated with IV medications and discuss ISMP’s Guidelines for Safe Practice of Adult IV Push Medications. Space is limited, and preregistration is encouraged. For more information and to register, visit: www.ismp.org/node/23.