Session Information
2007 Midyear Clinical Meeting
High-Alert Medications and the Pharmacist's Role in Anticoagulation Safety: The Five Million Lives Campaign
Track: Educational Session
Program Code: 281-L05
Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.
Location:
Murano 3205/3206/3305/3306MEETING PLANNING ASSOCIATE:
Mr. Frank Federico, RPh, Director, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
MODERATOR:
Ms. Bona Benjamin, BS Pharm, Director, Medication-Use Quality Improvement, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
PRESENTERS:
Ms. Bona Benjamin, BS Pharm, Director, Medication-Use Quality Improvement, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Mr. Frank Federico, RPh, Director, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Mike Cohen, RPh, MS, FASHP
Dr. William Dager, PharmD, FCSHP, Pharmacist Specialist, University of California, Davis Medical Center
Dr. Edith Nutescu, PharmD, FCCP, Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Antithrombosis Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Identify two effective interventions you can implement in your organization that prevent harm associated with high-alert medications.
- Describe the role of pharmacists in the Five Million Lives Campaign.
- Describe one hospital's experience with improved safety of anticoagulant use.
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