SafetyShare® newsletter brought to you by the Premier Safety Institute®
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February 28, 2014
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SafetyShare®
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In honor of Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 2-8, 2014, we are featuring
“Safer Opioid Use” that fits the theme this year, “Navigate Your
Health…Safely.” Safer opioid use includes education of clinician, patients
and families on safer use, prescribing, and monitoring of patients to reduce
serious harm, misuse, and potential addiction.
- Complimentary Webinar – Join us on March 4th for a free webinar on Safe Opioid Use – registration details below
- Resources – Visit the Safety Institute website at
www.premierinc.com/opioids for tools, guidelines, checklists, and education on safer opioid use in hospitals and outpatient/community settings.
Gina Pugliese RN MS, Editor
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Webinar:
Safe opioid use – Strategies for reducing adverse events and related harm
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Tuesday, March 4
3-4 p.m. ET / 2-3 p.m. CT / 1-2 p.m. MT / Noon-1 p.m. PT
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Advisor Live® webinar series: There is no charge to participate in this public event. We encourage you to forward this information to others who may find it useful.
Description
Continuous monitoring of patients on opioids has been shown to reduce adverse events, harm and even costs, according to a national survey of hospital practices. In this live webinar, the faculty will discuss strategies for reducing risks of adverse events, including:
- patient assessment and effective monitoring,
- safer use of patient controlled analgesia (PCA),
- coordination of care and staff-patient family education, and
- use of a PCA safety checklist to improve safety.
Speakers
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Gina Pugliese, Moderator RN, MS, vice president, Premier Safety Institute®, Premier, Inc.
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Michael Wong, JD, executive director, Physican-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety |
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Harold Oglesby, RRT, manager, The Center for Pulmonary Health, Candler Hospital, Saint Joseph’s/Candler Health System |
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Joan Speigel, MD, assistant professor, anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center |
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Bhavani S. Kodali, MD, associate professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
Resources
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Premier's
Advisor Live is a webinar series that provides discussion on timely topics and best practices in healthcare. There is no charge to participate in these public webinars. Visit the Advisor Live
archive to listen to a recording of this program and past programs.
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Visit the
Premier Safety Institute website for tools and resources on
Safe Opioid Use and reducing adverse events.
Register
Register for the webinar
here.
Questions
If you have questions, please email
advisorlive@premierinc.com
or call the Premier Solution Center at 877.777.1552.
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