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The Joint Commission has recently published Sentinel Event Alert (SEA) 49 titled "Safe Use of Opioids in Hospitals.” While not specifically mandating monitoring of patients receiving opioids, the alert discusses the value of monitoring and recommends if monitoring is used, it should be continuous

This webinar provides an overview of the SEA and recommendations from other organizations. Hospitals that use continuous monitoring for patients receiving opioid therapy with a focus on preventing respiratory depression will share their experiences.

This program is approved for 1.5 hours of pharmacy, nursing and respiratory therapy credit.

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Register for Webcast This continuing education (CE) activity is intended for nurses, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. This program is approved for 1.0 hour of nursing or pharmacy CE credit. Jo Ann Pugh, RN, Senior Clinical Consultant for Pyxis® technologies, shares how efficient medication dispensing pathways can help maximize time for patient-centered care, while reducing time to initial dose, missed doses and the risk of medication errors.

Caring for oncology patients can expose pharmacists and nurses to risk of exposure to hazardous drugs, especially chemotherapy. Prevention of exposure from spillage, surface contamination, aerosolization and IV set priming are among the precautions required to meet the NIOSH recommendations.

This learning activity will review recent advances in closed-system technologies. In particular, the faculty will describe how implementing a "hybrid approach" may help both pharmacy and nursing reduce exposure to hazardous drugs while still addressing the unique needs of their respective specialties. The hybrid approach entails utilizing a closed-system transfer device to prepare drugs in the pharmacy and utilizing a different closed system in nursing to safely and easily infuse drugs, thus helping reduce exposure to hazardous substances while meeting their respective needs.

This program is approved for 1.5 hours of pharmacy and nursing credit.

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This continuing education activity is for nurses, radiologic technologists, surgical technologists and allied healthcare professionals who would like to enhance their knowledge of pleural effusion management. Course expires on June 1, 2014.​

Since the introduction of smart IV pumps, hospitals across the country have implemented this technology to improve the safety of high-risk IV medication administration. This webcast will discuss the potential legal risks nurses incur when they make conscious decisions not to use the smart pump technology, or knowingly override alerts and administer doses that are outside of the usual safe range. In addition, this program will discuss how hospitals have dealt with improving compliance and aggressively managed aspects of the alert system that contributed to compliance issues.
This program is approved for 1.5 hours of nursing and pharmacy education.

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This program is approved for 2.0 hours of nursing credit.

The delivery of supplemental oxygen using a traditional low flow nasal cannula is readily used and accepted. Technological advances in the last decade have provided alternative devices utilizing optimal humidity to deliver increased therapeutic flows and oxygen concentration.

This webinar will provide an overview of this transition along with clinical observations including therapeutic effectiveness, patient acceptance, comfort and outcomes. Hospitals using humidified nasal high flow with a focus on reducing potential patient escalation will share these experiences.

This program is approved for 1.5 hours of RRT and nursing credit.

Complete the evaluation for CE credit.

Learn more about percutaneous peritoneovenous shunting for management of refractory ascites from Dr. George Getrajdman, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Learning objectives include describing patient indications and contraindications, the mechanics and physiology of percutaneous peritoneovenous shunting, and the techniques for safe shunt placement. This program is approved for 0.25 hours of physician CME credit. Complete the evaluation for credit.

This program is approved for 2.0 hours of nursing credit.

This program is approved for 2.0 hours of nursing credit.