Studies in Patient Safety
Summer 2008 (Vol. 5 No. 2)
Read the abstracts for this issue of Studies in Patient Safety.
Objectives
Physicians participating in this activity should be able to:
Article 1: Care at Discharge—A Critical Juncture for Transition to Posthospital Care
- Recognize the barriers to successful discharge planning
- Differentiate between essential and nonessential components of the discharge process
- Identify risk reduction strategies aimed at reducing adverse drug events and unnecessary readmission to the hospital
- Recognize the most common preventable adverse outcomes after discharge from the hospital
Article 2: Prevention of Inadvertent Perioperative Hypothermia
- Identify factors in the operating room environment that may contribute to perioperative hypothermia
- Recognize complications that are associated with inadvertent perioperative hypothermia
- Distinguish between strategies that will and will not prevent and manage inadvertent perioperative hypothermia
Article 3: Sterile Water Should Not be Given "Freely"
- Assess the risk of intravenous administration of sterile water for injection
- Identify medication errors that are the result of breakdowns in the use of sterile water for injection and inhalation
- Identify contributing factors to errors involving the use of sterile wate
- Recognize strategies health care providers can use to help promote safe use of sterile water
Taking the test
- Read the printable PDF version of Studies in Patient Safety, Vol. 5, No. 2. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
- Take the quiz by following the link at the end of the PDF.
- CME credit is not awarded to non-physicians for “Studies in Patient Safety.”
Accreditation and designation information
The Pennsylvania Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Pennsylvania Medical Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity.
Faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing medical education activities sponsored by the Pennsylvania Medical Society are expected to disclose to the audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s).
Activity Development Team
- Mary Blanco, RN, MSN,
Author, Care at Discharge—A Critical Juncture for Transition to Posthospital Care?
- John R. Clarke, MD, Planning and Clinical Director for all articles
- Michael Gaunt, PharmD,
Author, Sterile Water Should Not be Given 'Freely'
- Denise Martindell, RN, JD,
Author, Prevention of Inadvertent Perioperative Hypothermia
The members of the Activity Development Team have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Enduring Material: Expires Dec. 31, 2010
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Last Updated: 2/8/2010