Law, Medication Error Prevention, Compounding and Patient Safety
A Three-Hour Accredited Seminar for Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Nurses
Thursday, June 26
5:30 pm – 9:00 pm (ET)
Cost:
- Eligible 1199SEIU members: No out-of-pocket costs
- All other participants: $75
Live Webcast (Internet)
The deadline to register for this event is Wednesday, June 25, noon.
Program Moderator
David Braverman PharmD, RPh, BCSCP
Program and Learning Objectives
5:30 pm — Participants Log in
5:50 pm — Welcome and Introductory Remarks
6:00 pm —Enhancing Safety: Optimizing Drug Allergy Detection in Clinical Decision Support Systems
Presenter:
Michael Liu, PharmD, MBA, BCCCP, BCNSP, BCPS
Descriptive Summary:
Allergy-related adverse events continue to occur despite the availability of clinical decision support alerts. This presentation will focus on how allergy information is collected, updated, assessed and presented in electronic health records. Allergies that commonly cause misinterpretation, including sulfur, iodine and certain anti-epileptics and beta-lactams, will be discussed, and strategies for handling misinterpretations will be addressed.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Differentiate among allergies, side effects and intolerance;
- Apply strategies for overcoming challenges with the capture of drug allergy information;
- Explain resolution strategies with designation allergies; and
- Describe the cross-reactivity of anti-epileptics and beta-lactams.
7:00 pm — Enhancing Safety: Optimizing Media Fill Testing and Procedures in Your Facilities
Presenter:
David Braverman PharmD, RPh, BCSCP
Descriptive Summary:
Even though the revised chapter of USP 797—which sets standards for the quality and safety of compounded sterile preparations—was published nearly two years ago, confusion regarding how regulatory bodies enforce these standards and difficulties with their implementation continue. This presentation will focus on media fill testing for facilities, which have been repeatedly written up in FDA Form 483 for not being properly done, and how small changes to media fill testing procedures can prevent being cited by auditors. Ways to ensure patient safety through comprehensive media fill procedures will be addressed.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Define and describe media fill testing;
- Explain the importance of testing on training sterile compounders;
- Identify an approach for determining the most difficult and challenging aseptic procedures; and
- Discuss optimizing patient safety through creating a robust and comprehensive media fill procedure.
8:00 pm — Safeguarding Accuracy: Strategies to Prevent Dispensing Errors When Transitioning from Institutional to Community Pharmacies
Presenter:
Michael Liu, PharmD, MBA, BCCCP, BCNSP, BCPS
Descriptive Summary:
More than 40 percent of medication errors are believed to result from insufficient reconciliation during patient admission, discharge or transfer of care. The risk of readmission negatively impact’s a patient’s trust in both institutional and community pharmacies, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services incentivizes hospitals to create successful transition of care plans via the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program. This presentation will focus on strategies for preventing dispensing errors when transitioning from institutional to community pharmacies.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Define a dispensing error;
- Discuss how dispensing errors occur and can be prevented in community pharmacies; and
- Explain the incidence of dosing errors involving methotrexate.
9:00 pm — Participants Receive Program Evaluation Information
Accreditation
LPNs/RNs/Nurse Practitioners
This course is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing for three (3) continuing education credits.
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
The New York State Council of Health-system Pharmacists (NYSCHP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
This course, 0134-0000-25-141-L07-P; 0134-0000-25-141-L07-T-, is approved for 0.3 CEUs (3 contact hours).
Statements of Continuing Pharmacy Education Credit are available to participants upon the conclusion of the program through survey links. Participants have 45 days from date of program to claim credits and must verify attendance at the meeting by entering the program CE code.
Other Healthcare Professionals
You will receive a general certificate of attendance. Please check with your accreditation board with respect to receiving credit for this program.
Presenters:
Michael Liu, PharmD, MBA, BCCCP, BCNSP, BCPS
Assistant Dean of Clinical and Professional Affairs, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Touro College of Pharmacy
David Braverman PharmD, RPh, BCSCP
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics, Director of Sterile and Non-Sterile Compounding, Touro College of Pharmacy
Eligibility for 1199SEIU Members
Training and Employment Fund Members
Members must have been a part-time or full-time employee for at least one year, work at least three-fifths of a regular workweek, and work for an employer who contributes to the 1199SEIU League Training and Upgrading Fund or the 1199SEIU Greater New York Education Fund.
City of New York Education, Child and Eldercare Fund Members
Pharmacists, Dietitians, Clinical Laboratory Practitioners and LPNs must have worked with NYC Health + Hospitals or a mayoral agency for at least one year.
Registered Nurse Training and Job Security Fund members
Members must have been a part-time or full-time employee for at least one year and work for an employer who contributes to the 1199SEIU/Hospital League Health Care Industry Registered Nurse Training and Job Security Fund.
For Further Information
Email: Institute@1199Funds.org
Refund and Cancellation Policy
If you wish to cancel, you must do so at least 48 hours before the program date to avoid a penalty. To cancel, contact the 1199SEIU League Training and Upgrading Fund (TUF) by telephone, (212) 894-4390; fax, (212) 643-8795; or e-mail, Institute@1199Funds.org. TUF reserves the right to cancel or reschedule a program in the event of insufficient enrollment or unforeseen circumstances. Participants will be notified and given the option of receiving a refund or attending the rescheduled program or an alternate program.
