Monitoring & Reducing Medication Errors in Hospitals: High Risk Medicines & Patient Groups, National Conference 2020

This conference focuses on reducing medication errors, to enable interventions from health and social care professionals to have the highest impact on patient care and lead to a reduction in patient harm.

Location
Birmingham
Date
Cost
See conference website for details.
Duration
1 day
Event / learning type
Conference
Continuing professional development

Delegates will have the opportunity to discuss current national developments and explore key issues they are experiencing in relation to improving medication safety and reducing medication errors and harm in hospitals, enabling them to:

  • reflect on the perspective of a patient who is taking high risk medicine 
  • understand high risk drugs, high risk parts of the medicines use process and patients with the highest vulnerabilities
  • implement the learning from the HSIB Investigation to identify and reduce high-risk prescribing errors in hospital
  • effectively manage a medication incident investigation and ensure change occurs
  • implement a medication error reduction programme and monitor medication safety metrics
  • reflect on case studies of reducing medication error in high risk areas including insulin, anticoagulants, frail older people and emergency care.

Exclusive 20% discount for Excellence Network members. Quote ref: hcuk20park when booking (*cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Full T&Cs available upon request).

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