title: Innovative solutions: pharmacy and nursing collaboration on a high-risk medication project.
abstract: Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center is a 650-bed tertiary care facility in the Southwestern United States. The pharmacy and nursing departments collaborated on a multifocal project to address the educational and operational needs of the facility regarding the new JCAHO Medication Management Review Standards for high-risk and high-alert medications. The project encompassed policy creation, nursing education, identification and evaluation of HRHA medications, and facility-wide distribution of information related to high-risk and high-alert medications.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacy Services, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hurst
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004346:Drug Information Services; D004348:Drug Labeling; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D020407:Internet; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010606:Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee / Q000458:organization & administration; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012308:Risk Management; D015206:Southwestern United States; D014481:United States