Patient Safety Priorities

  • #1 Culture of Safety, Teamwork and Clinician Safety
  • #2 Clinical Deterioration
  • #3 Non-Operating Room Anesthesia
  • #4 Perioperative Brain Health
  • #5 Opioid-Related Harm
  • #6 Medication Safety
  • #7 Infectious Diseases
  • #8 Airway Management
    • APSF Patient Safety Priorities > #6 Medication Safety

    Medication Safety

    Drug effects, labeling issues, shortages, technology issues (e.g., barcoding, RFID) and processes for avoiding and detecting errors
    Chair(s): Tricia Meyer, PharmD; Elizabeth Rebello, MD; Aubrey Samost-Williams, MD
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    Table of Contents

    Overview

    1. Drug effects
    2. Labeling issues
    3. Shortages
    4. Technology issues (e.g., barcoding, RFID)
    5. Processes for avoiding and detecting errors

     

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    APSF Activities

    • The 2018 APSF Stoelting Conference and 2024 APSF Stoelting Conference was dedicated to this topic
    • APSF presented panels at the 2019 ASA and New York State Society of Anesthesiologists’ annual meetings
    • Multiple APSF Newsletter articles have been published on this issue in 2020
    • APSF co-hosted a summit in 2021 with the Institute for Safe Medication Practices

     

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