The IMSN annual meeting was held virtual thanks to the logistics of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) and Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI), our virtual hosts.
Agenda of the 17th IMSN Annual Meeting (Time indicated in Eastern standard time)
Final agenda
Sessions chaired by
Michael Cohen, IMSN Chair, ISMP President Emeritus on November 14
Étienne Schmitt, IMSN Executive Committee member, Prescrire on November 15
- Welcome by Michael Cohen, IMSN Chair
Presentations November 14, 2022
- Safe Use of Oxytocin Project Update
Rita K. Jew, ISMP President, Chair, Oxytocin Special Interest Group
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- Importance of high quality data - Supporting dose capture
Alem Zekarias, Pharmacovigilance Scientist, Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC)
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- ADRs related to drug shortages: studies on the French National Pharmacovigilance Database
Aurélie Grandvuillemin, Dijon Pharmacovigilance Center,
Marie-Blanche Valnet Rabier, French Network of Pharmacovigilance Center
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Presentations November 15, 2022
- Moving the needle on medication safety – WHO action
Dr Neelam DHINGRA, Unit Head, WHO Patient Safety Flagship, World Health Organization
- What are ISOP doing and what are we going to do about medication errors?
Dr Brian Edwards, Co-Chair of Medication Errors SIG and Vice President ISOP
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- Pharmacy Compounding Safety
Melissa Sheldrick, Patient&Family Advisor,
Sylvia Hyland, VP Operations and Privacy Officer, ISMP Canada
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- Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA):
An Overview
Ghadeer M. Banasser, Alert and Monitoring Expert, Medication Errors Department, Saudi Food&Drug Authority
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Updates from IMSN members by order of presentation
- Hong Kong
Initiatives on Warfarin safety
Grace Chan, Hong Kong Hospital Authority (SAR)
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- New Zealand
Medication Error in New Zealand – an uncertain future in Pharmacovigilance
Michael Tatley, Director, New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre
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- Germany
German Action Plan on Medication Safety 2021-2024 –Update 2022
Birgit Vogt, Medication Therapy Safety Officer, Drug Commission of the German Medical Association
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- Canada
Sally Pepper, Patient Safety Specialist, Patient Safety Section, Health Canada
Ioana Popescu, Director, Healthcare Excellence Canada
Kathy Kovacs-Burns, Patients for Patient Safety Canada
Carolyn Hoffman, CEO, ISMP Canada
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- ISMP-Spain
Maria Jose Otéro Lopez, President ISMP-Spain
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- Oman
Sara Albalushi, Director of Pharmaceutical Care Department, Oman Ministry of Health
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- Switzerland
Thomas Stammschulte & Irene Scholz, Pharmacovigilance Unit, Swissmedic
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- Morocco
Ghita Benabdallah, Morocco Poison Control and Pharmacovigilance Centre (CAPM)
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- Ireland
Ciara Kirke, Clinical Lead, Medication Safety Improvement Programme, Health Service Executive
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- NHS England - Medicines Safety
Tony Jamieson, Patient Safety Specialist & Clinical Improvement Lead, Medicines Safety Improvement Programme , NHS England
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- France
Étienne Schmitt & Marie-France Gonzalvez, Prescrire Editorial staff members, Prescrire Programme Éviter l’Évitable (Preventing the Preventable)
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- China
Recent progress in pharmacovigilance in healthcare facilities
Liu Fang, Senior pharmacist, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing
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- Norway
Sigurd Hortemo, Senior Medical Consultant, Medical Information, Norwegian Medicines Agency
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- USA
Joe Wyeth, Associate Director for Postmarket Assessment, Office of Medication Error Prevention and Risk Management, US FDA
Rita K. Jew, ISMP President
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- Argentina
Normative, challenge, perspectives
Pamela Bertoldo, Asociacion Argentina de Farmaceuticos de Hospital
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- Netherlands
Medication incidents & Medication errors: the situation in the Netherlands
Thijs Ambagts, pharmacist, ivm Voorkomen Medicatie-Incidenten (VMI)
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- Saudi Arabia
Medication Safety Self Assessment® for perioperative settings
Dr. Hind Al Modaimegh, Saudi Medication Safety Center
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- Portugal
Silvia Mira, Portuguese Association of Hospital Pharmacists (APFH)
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- Denmark
Gitte Claris Christensen, Pharmacist, Danish Patient Safety Authority
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- Brasil
Mario Borges Rosa, President ISMP Brasil
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- Australia
Medication Safety initiatives in Australia
Diana Shipp, Helen Dowling, Racha Dabliz, ehealth and Medication Safety team, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare
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Updated on December 15, 2022