Register now for the Smart Pump Workshop!
The Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) is pleased to present the following full-day workshop: “Smart Medication Delivery Systems: Reducing Medical Error”. This workshop will be delivered by the Healthcare Human Factors Group and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada).
Whether your healthcare institution is planning to implement, is in the process of implementing, or has already implemented smart infusion pumps, this workshop is for you! This workshop will provide participants with a route map to smart pump implementation, uptake and ongoing optimization, indicating what steps need to be taken, in what sequence, and by whom.
Topics include:
- Medication incidents and infusion pumps
- State of the infusion technology market
- Role of smart infusion pumps in the overall medication safety strategy
- Evidence-based recommendations about the steps to optimal pump selection and successful migration from traditional to smart infusion systems
- Significant role that various professionals play in selecting, implementing and maintaining smart pump systems
- Drug library development and updates
- Importance that a fully built wireless networked environment and system interfaces (e.g., computerized physician order entry, pharmacy information systems, and bar code medication administration systems)
- Clinical implications and workflow impact of smart pumps
- Smart pump training
- Smart pump log analyses
Date: Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Time: 08:30 - 15:30
Location: Renaissance Toronto Hotel Downtown, One Blue Jays Way, Toronto, Ontario
For more information, please visit OHA's website.