Patient Safety is in YOUR Hand!
Project Partners
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Goals
- Improve patient safety and reduce harm to patients from medication errors
- Improve communication between health care providers
- Eliminate the use specified dangerous abbreviations, symbols and dose designations in the following:
- Hand printed orders and prescriptions
- Medication Administration Records (MAR)
- Preprinted orders and clinical pathways,
- Electronic systems (e.g. order entry)
- Electronic Medication Administration records
- Automated dispensing cabinets.
Do Not Use List
Recommended list (May, 2008) of dangerous abbreviations, symbols and dose designations to be eliminated from use in Manitoba’s medication use system.A pocket size (2 pages, download, print and paste together) and poster size DO NOT USE LIST are available. To download each file, double click the image below.
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| DO NOT USE LISTPocket Size | DO NOT USE LISTPoster Size |
For PDA users
If you’ve got a Palm-compatible personal digital assistant (i.e. a PalmPilot, a Handspring Visor, an IBM WorkPad) or a device using Windows CE, you can download the DO NOT USE: Dangerous Abbreviations, Symbols, Dose Designations images and install them on your PDA.Click here to download the PDA-compatible image.
Reminder Posters
Posters depicting real examples of error prone abbreviations, doses and symbols. Double-click on the picture to download each file in pdf format.
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| 1 Generic Poster | 2 Lead Poster | 3 Clear Poster | |
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| 4 Reason Poster | 5 SUB Poster | 6 Daily Poster | |
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| 7 Units Poster | 8 Weight Poster |
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Organization Policies related to Dangerous Use of Abbreviations
Burntwood Regional Health Authority
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Implementation Strategies
Questions and Answers
Click here to view Question and Answers
Evaluation Tips and Tools
How an audit is conducted in a given region or facility will be highly dependent on its size and the resources available to conduct the audit. Pragmatic visible measures to avoid bias and ensure appropriate sampling of medication orders will add to the credibility of any audit.Refer to the following documents for references and information:
- Audit Reviewer Guide - Updated 06/12/2008 (versions: Adobe pdf, MS Word)
- Audit Spreadsheet - Updated 06/12/2008 (versions: MS Excel)
- Audit Workshop - Updated 06/12/2008 (versions: Adobe pdf, MS Word)
- Evaluation Tips (versions: Adobe pdf , MS Word )
Links to Tools and Information
Reference List is available in the following file format:
- General Implementation Strategies (MS Word format) - updated July 5, 2008
- General Implementation Strategies (Adobe Acrobat format) - updated July 5, 2008
- Follow up Memo (MS Word Format)
- Medication Order Writing Standards (Powerpoint)
Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada
Click here to view site.
Health Quality Council of Alberta
Click here to view website
Self Learning Package
Try our web-based professional development session. This session is entitled “Prescription for Safety: Medication Order Writing & the “Do Not Use” Abbreviation”.
The session can be used by educators in any group setting, or as an individual professional development learning opportunity. It has been designated as an accredited learning activity by the Manitoba Pharmaceutical Association and may fulfill the requirements of the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba Continuing Competence Program. It will take approximately 45 minutes to complete not including your time to complete the self-assessment post test questions. The post test will not be forwarded to any organization.
Click HERE to access the session.
Launch Information and Presentations
May 22, 2008
Videotape
The interprofessional launch of the It’s Safe to Ask Medication Card and Patient Safety is in YOUR Hand, held May 22, 2008, will be recorded and available for viewing here.
Click here to view the video.
PowerPoints
Click here to download the MS PowerPoint presentation.
Link to news release
Click language version to view our Media Release
Thank you to our Sponsors
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