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Medication Safety Seminar for the Office Staff
| Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 8:45 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. Cincinnati, OH, Embassy Suites Blue Ash |
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This informative seminar is designed to help the office staff identify areas of potential errors in medication management and to provide tools to prevent errors.
At the conclusion of this program, the office staff will be able to:
- Recall techniques to avoid medication errors
- Recognize safe practices for medications in the office setting
- Identify national initiatives for safe medication practices
Agenda
Malpractice Case Presentations
- Effective office communication among providers and patients about medication
- Staff response to an office medication emergency
- Common office medication errors
Medication Safety in the Physician Office
- Look-alike/sound-alike (LASA) drugs
- Sample medications
- Patient medication lists
- FDA considerations
- Patient education
Applying Medication Safety Initiatives to the Office Practice
- Medication reconciliation
- DVT prophylaxis
- Anticoagulant use
- Ohio Patient Safety Institute (OPSI)
- Patient compliance
