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Forthcoming conference for health care professionals: Improving patient Safety and Managing Risks Associated with Anticoagulation Therapy

MANAGING RISK AND IMPROVING PATIENT SAFETY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Improving Patient Safety and Managing Risks Associated with Anticoagulation Therapy

Tuesday 3 June 2008 4 Hamilton Place, London

Topics include:

• Anticoagulation therapy: risk versus benefit
• Involving patients and providing effective patient information
• Effectively implementing and monitoring the impact of the NPSA Alert 'Actions that can make anticoagulation therapy safer'
• Learning lessons from clinical incident reporting and previous incidents
• Proactively identifying the risks: undertaking a Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• Developing and implementing safe protocols and procedures and assuring adherence to them
• Improving the monitoring ofWarfarin through a nurse led service
• Implementing error reduction strategies
• Improving the safety of anticoagulation therapy in the community

Keynote speakers:

Prof Samuel J Machin Chairman
The British Society for Haematology Expert Advisor Anticoagulation Europe and Professor of Haematology, University College

Prof David Cousins
Head of Safe Medication Practice, The National Patient Safety Agency

For more information and application form download PDF below: