The Testudo: Medication Safety from BD Global Solutions

This Episode is accredited for Continuing Professional Development. In order to claim your credit simply listen to the show, rate us on your podcast service, and then email us atGMB-BD-Infusion-Portal@bd.com with your rating and any review comments.In this, our first EVER episode we look at the size of the problem. We look into the dark corners, at workarounds, at how the system can either raise you up or pull you down. We look at every part of the medication chain (well maybe not every part...) We'll give some scary numbers, tell tales of data and personal experiences of medication error, and think about the second victim.And if this all seems a bit dark... then don't worry sunshine and fresh air is coming in subsequent episodes as we look at medication management solutions, celebrate successes and 'good catches' and look at risk management systems that raise us up!

In this episode we welcome a special guest Alice Dainty, a 'compounding supremo' to take us through how automation and re-engineering of intravenous medication compounding can be achieved, there's more poerty, James gets ghosted by the Pope and the Dalai Lama, and Samuel's trumpet goes missing, creating a mystery that may involve Dipak, Tina, and lovers of music everywhere.

This Episode is accredited for Continuing Professional Development. In order to claim your credit simply listen to the show, rate us on your podcast service, and then email us atGMB-BD-Infusion-Portal@bd.com with your rating and any review comments.In this, our second Scutum or episode, we look at how Dose Error Reduction Software works, how we can build strong IV medication libraries and how convenience can equal compliance.We start to celebrate successes and 'good catches' and look at how risk management systems can raise us up!

This Episode is accredited for Continuing Professional Development. In order to claim your credit simply listen to the show, rate us on your podcast service, and then email us atGMB-BD-Infusion-Portal@bd.com with your rating and any review comments.We promised you sunshine and fresh air... and if medication management solutions, patient safety successes and 'good catches' are your idea of sunshine and fresh air then this is the episode for you, in this, our third Scutum or episode, we look deeper into Dose Error Reduction Software, smart pump datasets, and how build for success in IV medication risk managment!

In this, our fourth Scutum, we look at the data that comes out of smart pumps: How this data is generated from 'Good Saves', from hard and soft limits, from different profiles from all over the hospital and how this CQI data helps us look into the dark corners, at workarounds, and how our risk management system can raise staff up.So, come along with us and help us and celebrate good saves!

There are about 50 steps from medication warehouse to administration- Linking Shields means ensuring every step is safe, efficient and links to the next: Think Swiss Cheese, FMEA, or Eating an Elephant- it's huge but we aim to make it digestible! In this episode we look at how networking smart IV-pumps can speed up the medication safety quality cycle, how networking assists biomedical departments in keeping pump libraries updated and look at two case studies where networking allowed for more complete data across facilities, how ‘forcing functions’ work, and how richer data can help with planning human approaches to medication safety.

There are about 50 steps from medication warehouse to administration- Linking Shields means ensuring every step is safe, efficient and links to the next: Think Swiss Cheese, FMEA, or Eating an Elephant- it's huge but we aim to make it digestible!Today we look at the issue of alarm fatigue, and how we can help mitigate against it.

On the show today we are joined once again by the amazing Dipak Duggal as we learn about the fundamentals of Automated Dispensing Cabinets and how they can radically change medication management across the hospital. James Waterson teaches us how to say 'a face that needs a slap' in German and Tina Worth decides that there's more than one member of the team that really needs a slap... meanwhile Samuel Garcia shocks Beethoven fans all over the globe, and we tell the world's worst nursing jokes.