The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation recently hosted a conference of various stakeholders to develop patient safety strategies for the operating room. While past efforts to improve outcomes have not lived up to expectations, this conference yielded the outline of a promising new paradigm for protecting patients and mitigating medication errors. The new paradigm looks beyond the traditional focus on medication labels and presents four critical elements to improve safety and patient outcomes in the OR: 1) Standardization, 2) Technology, 3) Pharmacy/Prefill/Premix role, and 4) Creation of a just culture.
This webinar covers these key elements (collectively known as STPC), the expected outcomes for the patient and the healthcare system, and the implications for healthcare risk managers.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the program participants should be able to:
• Define the key elements of the proposed paradigm to reduce medication errors in the OR;
• Evaluate the implications of adoption across the healthcare system;
• Discuss the ramifications of implementation for healthcare risk management.