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Medication Safety Officers Society 3854 Members Strong A society of healthcare professionals dedicated to improving medication safety in healthcare organizations |
This week’s ISMP free newsletter article gives recommendations for preventing accidental administration of ear drops into the eye: https://www.ismp.org/node/51003
It is the 25th anniversary of the Cheers Awards, and ISMP has released this year’s list of winners! For more on the honorees and how you can help support the awards and ISMP: www.ismp.org/node/47585
Sign up now for the next MSOS Member Briefing webinar scheduled to be held on Thursday, November 17, 2022 from 1:00-2:00 PM ET.
Register Now: https://ecri.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RIz6EwjcRRCDhoa_XIfiHw
Short medication safety-related presentations for this webinar will include:
• REMS Medication Infrastructure and Education
Stacy Carson, PharmD, BCPS, FISMP
Medication Safety Officer
Program Director, PGY2 Medication Use Safety & Policy Residency
Advent Health
• Flatlining QT alerts: Tackling the Highest Firing Drug-Drug Interaction to Decrease Alert Fatigue
Gina Gayed, PharmD, BCPS, CPPS
Medication Safety Officer
Grady Health System
and
Lucy Von Korff, PharmD
Epic Willow Analyst, Clinical Decision Support IT Lead
Wellstar Health System
This week’s featured ISMP newsletter article shares our support for California’s Medication Error Reduction Plan (MERP) and the hope that hospitals will voluntarily adopt similar initiatives: https://www.ismp.org/node/46487
The mission of the Medication Safety Officers Society (MSOS) is to advance and encourage excellence in safe medication use by providing communication, leadership, direction, and education among its members.