Frontline Conversations: Targeting Compliance Gaps with USP Chapter <797>

Thursday, May 30, 2024 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Medication Safety Intensive Workshop - August 2024

Thursday, August 8 & Friday, August 9, 2024

Medication Safety Intensive Workshop - September 2024

Friday, September 20 & Friday, September 27, 2024

Elevating Compliance: Navigating USP <797> with Technology and Standardization

Health systems have worked diligently to ensure that they are in compliance with the revised USP Chapter <797> requirements. This educational activity will demonstrate how health systems of a...

Mind the Gaps: Assessing Your Institution’s Compliance with USP Chapter <797>

Health systems have worked diligently to ensure that they are in compliance with the revised USP Chapter <797> requirements. This educational activity will summarize key revisions to the revi...

Leveraging IV Robotics to Optimize Sterile Compounding Practices to Improve Safety

Learn about the role of IV robotics in the advancement of safety in sterile compounding operations and the steps needed to address perceived barriers for its implementation and use.

Improving Safety, Efficiencies, and Reducing Waste with Ready-to-Administer IV Medications: A Roadmap to Success

Many organizations have stated that to avoid the unnecessary, error-prone complexity of IV push medication preparation and administration, and to avoid the risk of contamination and personnel expos...

Errors Associated with Oxytocin

Intravenous (IV) oxytocin used antepartum is indicated to induce labor in patients with a medical indication to stimulate or reinforce labor in selected cases of uterine inertia and as an adjunct i...

Taking Medication Error Reduction Strategies in the Hospital to the Next Level: The Case for Implementation Science

Implementation science aims to discover and apply strategies that accelerate successful integration of interventions into routine practice. This initiative will provide background information on th...

Reducing the Risk and Infection Outbreaks from Drug Diversion

Drug diversion is a serious problem that affects patients’ and health professionals’ safety. Patients may suffer from suboptimal therapy if their medications were diverted, receive substandard care...

The Perils of Polypharmacy

The term “polypharmacy” most commonly refers to a situation where a patient is being treated with many, five or more, medications. Patients of all ages may potentially receive many medications. The...

Errors Associated with Paxlovid

Paxlovid was authorized under the emergency use authorization (EUA) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December 2021 and is used for mild-to-moderate coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)  in ad...