Mar 29, 2021 | Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR), Featured Posts, Medication Safety, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
Adverse drug reactions can have serious consequences. Many of us became familiar with the impacts of adverse drug reactions when Vanessa’s Law regulations came into effect in 2019. But one team in BC had already been studying them for years. They considered the high...
Nov 10, 2020 | Data Analysis, Featured Posts, Patient Safety, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
IT. HIT. HIM. Huh? Is this an emphatic description of someone having a sudden realization? Think again. These acronyms are becoming pretty common in our daily work in health care. Throw in an ACK, a CAT, and a SLIP, and you could have the beginning of a good story!...
Aug 20, 2019 | Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR), Equipment Safety, Featured Posts, Patient Safety, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
By guest blogger Brendan Gribbons, Regional Engineering Team Manager, Lower Mainland Biomedical Engineering (LMBME) Over-infusions Lower Mainland Biomedical Engineering (LMBME) and Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) recently investigated a concerning incidence of...
May 2, 2019 | Featured Posts, Providence Health Care (PHC), Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
Ah, change. We #lovehate it, don’t we? It can be refreshing, energizing, and full of promise. It can also be stressful, challenging, and uncertain. And no one knows this better than the many dedicated staff who have been involved with implementing Clinical &...
Mar 7, 2019 | BCPSLS Coordinators, Featured Posts, Providence Health Care (PHC), Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
“Learning depends critically on the less visible social processes of inquiry, investigation and improvement that unfold around incidents.” Would you agree? Carl Macrae presented the above viewpoint in his British Medical Journal article titled The problem with...
Apr 27, 2016 | Featured Posts, Medication Safety, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
Safe use of Insulin in hospital settings relies on best labelling practices. When a team from Richmond Hospital identified a problem with inconsistent labelling of Insulin, they collaborated with their Pharmacy and Medication Safety Committee to implement a new...
