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Manager's Guide to Staff & Patient Safety - October 2016

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O C T O B E R 2 0 1 6 O U T P A T I E N T S U R G E R Y . N E T 1 7 tems and the conditions that lead caregivers to make mistakes or fail to prevent them. Logan's death was inde- scribably heartrending for our family. Please learn from our pain. Make sure your clinical team realizes that negative outcomes can occur during the most mundane of days, and are often caused by a series of seemingly inconsequential events that create a momentum of their own. Strive to improve how you protect patients by contin- ually looking for gaps in your facility's safety proto- cols. You owe it your patients and their loved ones who are waiting for them to come home. OSM Experience how PharMEDium has redened ready to use compounded sterile preparations. Count on PharMEDium to provide sterile preparations with the highest levels of quality assurance and patient safety in mind. From the use of FDA-approved sterile components to proven leadership in R&D, Quality, Labeling/Packaging, and Service, you can expect us to deliver the highest quality compounded sterile preparations to our customers. ©2016 PharMEDium Services, LLC. All rights reserved. P20014 pharmedium.com | 1.800.523.7749 | @pharmedium Pre!lled syringes from PharMEDium require no dilution, reconstitution or complex calculations for medication preparation. PharMEDium's compounded drug preparations are also delivered pre!lled in many industry-leading infusion devices. 4 FDA Registered 503B Outsourcing Facilities P Ms. Parker (southernsmi- ley@gmail.com) is a recov- ery room nurse in the ambulatory procedure unit at a hospital in Indianapolis, Ind. Ms. Parker is also a clinical educator and provides bereavement support. To help others with the loss of loved ones, she writes a blog "Hope for Grieving Mothers" at holeheartedmamas.com.

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