Sign up now for the next quarterly MSOS Member Briefings webinar scheduled to be held on Thursday, February 22, 2018 from 1:00-2:00 pm EST. Topics will include:

• Expanding the Use of Capnography to Monitor High Risk Opioid Patients
  • Safe Use of EPINEPhrine
• Meeting the New ISMP Best Practice: Eliminating Injectable Promethazine
• ISMP update.

This free webinar has limited attendance and is restricted to MSOS members. For registration information, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3875384151275245570

High Alert Self Assessment Deadline: February 28, 2018

Healthcare facilities that would like to participate in the first ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for High-Alert Medications must submit their data by February 28, 2018. This is a unique opportunity to evaluate your best practices related to high-alert medications and obtain weighted scores to compare with demographically similar organizations. Participation can also help meet requirements for managing high-alert medications from regulatory and accrediting agencies. To access the self assessment workbook, go to: www.ismp.org/selfassessments/SAHAM/Default.aspx

Don't Miss February Just Culture Certification Course  

Time is running out to register for Outcome Engenuity (OE) and ISMP's Medication Safety Focused Just Culture Certification Course, being offered February 21-22 in Phoenix, AZ. Learn how to lead your organization through a culture transformation, which is essential for effective error prevention, and receive a subscription to the Just Culture Assessment Tool. Sign up with  ISMP's discount code (ISMP2018) to receive $200 off registration. For more information, visit: www.ismp.org/sc?id=3040.

For those questions submitted during the MSOS Member Briefings Webinar on December 14, 2017, answers are now available from the speakers at: www.medsafetyofficer.org/sites/default/files/answers_to_unanswered_webinar_questions.pdf.   

For a copy of the slides and other handouts, go to:  www.medsafetyofficer.org/content/december-msos-member-briefing

Answers to the June 2017 and September 2017 webinar are also available on the MSOS website. Links to the respective webinars can be found on the left side of the home page. 

Our next MSOS Member Briefings webinar is scheduled to Thursday, February 22, 2018 from 1:00-2:00pm EST. More information on this webinar will be available in a few weeks. 

ISMP is looking for organizations that have fully implemented the new ISMP Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals #13 (below).  If you are able to share your experience(s), please contact Allen Vaida at avaida@ismp.org. 

#13- Eliminate injectable promethazine from the hospital.

• Remove injectable promethazine from all areas of the hospital including the pharmacy.
• Classify injectable promethazine as a non-stocked, non-formulary medication.
• Implement a medical staff-approved automatic therapeutic substitution policy to convert all injectable promethazine orders to another antiemetic.
• Remove injectable promethazine from all computerized medication order screens, and from all order sets and protocols.

Mark your calendars for the next MSOS Member Briefings webinar, to be held on Thursday, February 22, 2018 from 1:00-2:00pm EST.  More information regarding topics and registration will be sent later this month.

If you have implemented a “high leverage” solution to a specific medication safety issue that you would like to share with the MSOS members on an upcoming Briefings webinar, please contact E. Robert Feroli at bob@jhmi.edu. Be sure to include a brief description of the 10-minute presentation topic.  

ISMP wishes to announce two new educational opportunities for MSOS members:

• Third Free ISMP Video Newsletter
  • ISMP has launched the third in a series of “video newsletters” being produced in partnership with the Temple University School of Pharmacy. The videos feature short interviews with nationally recognized experts on current medication safety issues, and provide a summary of top content from the biweekly ISMP Medication Safety Alert! newsletter. The third video, now available online, focuses on: Safe administration of concentrated insulin products; Errors due to confusing product labeling; Educating patients about safe medication practices.  To view the ISMP video newsletters for free, visit: www.2020visualmedia.com/ismp

•  new ISMP/OE Medication Safety Focused Just Culture Certification Course.
  • Effective error prevention depends on having a Just Culture. Outcome Engenuity (OE), in partnership with ISMP, will offer a Medication Safety Focused Just Culture Certification Course in 2018 on February 21-22 in Phoenix, AZ. The course will train healthcare providers to lead their organizations through a culture transformation, and also includes a yearlong subscription to the Just Culture Assessment Tool (JCAT). Individuals signing up with an ISMP discount code (ISMP2018) will receive $200 off the registration. For more information or to register, please visit: www.ismp.org/sc?id=3040.

ISMP is extending the deadline date for healthcare facilities to submit their findings for its new self assessment on high-alert medications from December 15, 2017 to February 28, 2018. Each section of the ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for High-Alert Medications can be completed and submitted to ISMP separately when ready. ISMP is extending the deadline to ensure that organizations have enough time to participate in the full assessment by evaluating all the categories of high-alert medications used in their facilities. To access the self assessment workbook, go to: www.ismp.org/selfassessments/SAHAM/Default.aspx

ISMP is holding a webinar entitled “Identifying Risk in Your Organization: Does Error Reporting Capture Everything?” on Thursday, November 9, 2017 from 1:30-3:00pm EST. The program is approved for 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUs) of ACPE credit. For more information and to register, go to: http://www.proce.com/ISMPNovember2017

Sign up now for the next quarterly MSOS Member Briefings webinar scheduled to be held on Thursday, December 14, 2017 from 1:00-2:00pm EST. Short medication safety-related presentations for this webinar will include topics on the management of ketamine, elimination of double-checks for SQ insulin, changing systems based on error reports, and update from the FDA on drug shortages and an ISMP update. For more information, click on the header above. To register, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5787674558169084418