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This session will explore the use of checklists, barcodes, automated dispensing systems and prefilled syringes in the ambulatory setting with regard to patient safety. Using a point-counterpoint format, speakers will argue for and against the effectiveness of checklists in reducing wrong patients, wrong site surgeries and wrong sided invasive procedures, the utility of barcodes in the ambulatory setting, evaluate the literature regarding automated medication dispensing systems and review practices to reduce the risk of medication errors in the ambulatory setting.
These patient safety activities help fulfill the patient safety CME requirement for Part 2 of the Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program® (MOCA) of The American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA). Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA requirements.
Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology Program® and MOCA® are registered certification marks of The American Board of Anesthesiology®.
Activity Release Date:
02/27/2017
Activity Expiration Date:
02/26/2020