These resources can help reduce medication errors
These resources can help reduce medication errors
-The Institute of Medicine report To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System is $34.95 plus $4.50 shipping. To order, contact:
National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Ave. N.W., Lockbox 285, Washington, DC 20055. Telephone: (888) 624-8373 or (202) 334-3313. Fax: (202) 334-2451. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.nap.edu.
- The bulletin from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations was published in Sentinel Event Alert. The complete text can be found on the Joint Commission’s Web site at www.jcaho.org. (Click on "for health care professionals," then "sentinel events," then "sentinel event alert," and select the Nov. 19, 1999, bulletin titled High Alert Medications and Patient Safety. A Feb. 27, 1998, bulletin on Medication Error Prevention: Potassium Chloride also is available. For a fax of the latest copy of Sentinel Event Alert, call the Joint Commission’s fax-on-demand line at (630) 792-3885.
- The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is sponsoring the annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, which will include discussion of adverse drug events. The forum will be held Dec. 5-8, 2000, in San Francisco. The IHI has published a guide, Breakthrough Series: Reducing Adverse Drug Events, which includes strategies for improving ordering systems, the dispensing process, administration of medications, and basic prevention strategies. To order a copy, which costs $49.95 plus $7 shipping and handling, contact:
Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 135 Francis St., Boston, MA 02215. Telephone: (617) 754-4800. Fax: (617) 754-4848. Web: www.ihi.org.
- The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) provides education about adverse drug events and their prevention through the ISMP Medication Safety Alert. This biweekly resource is sent by fax or e-mail for $135 annual subscription fee. For more information, contact:
ISMP, 1800 Byberry Road, Suite 810, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006. Telephone: (215) 947-7797. Fax: (215) 914-1492. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.ismp.org.
4 The following databases for health care professionals are available from Micromedex:
— Poisindex. Information on commercial product ingredients (drug and nondrug) linked to clinical treatment guidelines for managing exposures.
— Drugdex. Extensive drug monograph information detailing the therapeutic use, dosing, and adverse effects of pharmaceuticals. Includes uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
— Emergindex. Detailed information to assist emergency physicians in managing acute care ituations.
— Drug-Reax. An interactive database that provides information on potential drug interactions.
— AltMedDex. Detailed monographs outlining scientific information available regarding use, dosing, and adverse effects of herbal medicines and alternative therapies.
For more information, contact:
Micromedex, 6200 S. Syracuse Way, Suite 300, Englewood, CO 80111. Telephone: (800) 525-9083 or (303) 486-6400. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: www.micromedex.com.
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