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Safety Considerations for Minimizing Vaccination-Related Errors

Webinar/Online

Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 3:00pm ET - 4:00pm ET
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Speaker(s)

Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD (hon), DPS (hon), FASHP, Founder and President Emeritus at the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Ronald Zentz, RPh, DDS, FAGD, CPHRM, Risk Control Consulting Director, CNA Jennifer Flynn, CPHRM, Risk Manager, Healthcare Providers Service Organization (NSO)

Credits Offered

This event offers 1.0 CNE credit to attendees.
Accreditation Info: Lippincott Professional Development (LPD) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.

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Webinar Overview:
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), immunizations prevent between 2 and 3 million deaths per year. Despite this success, many children and adults in the US remain vulnerable to the 17 vaccine-preventable diseases. Although vaccination ranks high among the greatest public health achievements of the twentieth century, the success of any individual vaccine relies on correct and widespread administration to the appropriate patient population. Vaccine errors threaten to undermine the protection immunizations provide and often leave patients inadequately protected against serious diseases such as hepatitis A and B, pertussis, diphtheria, cervical cancer, and many others. This program will review events submitted to the ISMP National Vaccine Errors Reporting Program (VERP) and will include a discussion of the risks associated with vaccine errors, including COVID-19. There will be a review of the common types of errors involving vaccines as well as a discussion of best practices for preventing errors as well as patient harm that may occur when errors involve vaccines.

 Speakers:

  • Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD (hon), DPS (hon), FASHP, Founder and President Emeritus at the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
  • Ronald Zentz, RPh, DDS, FAGD, CPHRM, Risk Control Consulting Director, CNA
  • Jennifer Flynn, CPHRM, Risk Manager, Healthcare Providers Service Organization (NSO)