ASHP’s IV Safety Summit

ASHP and its partners will gather healthcare practitioners, thought leaders and medication-safety experts from around the nation to achieve consensus on actions that bring about real and lasting improvements in the use of IV medications, protecting patients from harm and death due to errors.

Summit Goals

• Achieve consensus on an initial set of broadly applicable standard practices and methods that are effective in preventing patient harm or death associated with the use of intravenous medications.
• Identify barriers to adoption or implementation of the practices and recommend specific actions to overcome them. Practices will be prioritized into an essential core group for immediate implementation and those requiring a phased-in approach.
• Identify areas for future research and issues that are specific to and should be resolved by various stakeholder groups.

The summit will take place on July 14 & 15, Rockville, Maryland. The organizers request that you check the ASHP website for summary materials and updates.

 

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