16th Annual IMSN Meeting – November 8-9, 2021

The IMSN annual meeting was held virtual thanks to the logistics of ISMP and ECRI, our virtual hosts.

Presentations

Sessions chaired by Michael Cohen, IMSN Chair, ISMP President on November 8 and by Michael Tatley, IMSN Vice-Chair, New-Zealand on November 9

Updates from IMSN members on their activities

  • Canada
    Sally Pepper, Patient Safety Specialist, Patient Safety Section, Marketed Health Products Directorate, Health Canada
    Joanne Sidorchuk, Senior Program Lead, Healthcare Excellence Canada
    Dorothy Tscheng, ISMP Canada
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  • Ireland
    Ciara Kirke, Clinical Lead, Medication Safety Improvement Programme, Health Service Executive
    Niamh O’Hanlon & Eileen Relihan, Irish Medication Safety Network
  • New-Zealand
    Michael Tatley, Director,New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre
  • Norwegian
    Sigurd Hortemo, Senior Medical Consultant, Medical Information, Norwegian Medicines Agency
  • Singapore
    Augustine Tee, National Medication Safety Committee
  • Saudi Arabia
    Dr. Hind Al Modaimegh, Saudi Medication Safety Center
  • France
    Étienne Schmitt & Marie-France Gonzalvez, Prescrire Editorial staff members, Prescrire Programme Éviter l’Évitable (Preventing the Preventable)
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  • Spain
    Maria Jose Otéro Lopez, President ISMP-España
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  • Netherlands
    Rob Essink, pharmacist, ivm Voorkomen Medicatie-Incidenten (VMI)
  • USA
    Joe Wyeth, Associate Director for Postmarket Assessment, Acting Director, Division of Mitigation and Medication Error Surveillance (DMAMES), Office of Medication Error Prevention and Risk Management (OMEPRM), US Food & Drug Administration
    Michael Cohen, ISMP President

Presentations November 8, 2021

  • UK research project on Ready-to-Administer IVP Medicines
    John Hertig - Associate Professor and Vice-Chair of Pharmacy Practice, Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Indianapolis, USA
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  • Medication Safety perspective from ISoP
    Dr. Brian Edwards, Chair of the Medication Errors SIG, International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP)
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  • The new German Action Plan on Medication Safety 2021-2024
    Birgit Vogt, Drug Commission of the German Medical Association
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  • Tackling the Unsafe Use of Automated Dispensing Cabinets: Common Challenges and Practical Solutions
    Anas Hamad, Head of the Medication Safety & Quality Center, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
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  • ISMP International Medication Safety Management Fellowship
    Sunny Ro, ISMP International Medication Safety Management Fellow
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Presentations November 9, 2021

  • Update on the IMSN Covid-19 Vaccine Safety Interest Group
    Christina Michalek, ISMP, Chair of the IMSN Covid-19 Vaccine Safety Interest Group
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  • Medication Safety Efforts and Challenges: Portuguese Example
    Paulo Almeida & Catarina Luz Oliveira, Associação Portuguesa de Farmacêuticos Hospitalares (APFH)
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  • Pharmacovigilance of covid 19 vaccines: opportunity for collaborations
    Ghita Benabdallah, Morocco Pharmacovigilance & Poison Centre (CAPM), WHO CC for Strengthening PV practices
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Updated on December 3, 2021