Register Now for the Canadian Patient Safety Week Webinar Series!

An exciting line-up of webinars is scheduled to support activities during Canadian Patient Safety Week (CPSW), November 1-5, 2010:

The Canadian Patient Safety Institute invites you and your colleagues to join them for free informative online sessions.  Click here to find out more and to register.

To learn more about Canadian Patient Safety Week, visit
www.asklistentalk.ca 


Friday, October 29, 2010 11:00 AM EDT
Official Launch of Canadian Patient Safety Week (English only)
Hugh MacLeod, CEO, Canadian Patient Safety Institute

Monday, November 1, 2010 12:00 PM EDT
Claire’s Story (English only)
Beverley Clarke, Vice President, Women’s and Children’s Program, Eastern Health
Raeline McGrath, Patients for Patient Safety Canada

Tuesday, November 2, 2010 12:00 PM EDT
Medication Reconciliation – State of the Union (English only)
Marg Colquhoun, ISMP Canada

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 12:00 PM EDT
The Basics of Measurement for Improvement Using SHN’s new Patient Safety Metrics System (English only)
Virginia Flintoft, Project Manager, Central Measurement Team, Safer Healthcare Now! 

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 2:00 PM EDT
New Approach To Controlling Superbugs (English only)
Dr. Michael Gardam, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Infectious Disease Prevention & Control

Thursday, November 4, 2010 12:00 PM EDT
VTE as an Accreditation Canada ROP: Knowledge and Tools for Success (English only)
Dr. William Geerts, Sunnybrook, Intervention Lead, VTE Prevention, Safer Healthcare Now!
Artemis Diamantouros, National Coordinator, VTE Prevention, Safer Healthcare Now!

Thursday, November 4, 2010 2:00 PM EDT
Hand Hygiene for Patient and Provider Safety in Canada
Murray Doggett, Project Manager, Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Anne MacLaurin, Project Manager, Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Angela Thomas, Issac Walton Killam (IWK) Health Centre Halifax, NS, Karen Van, Issac Walton Killam (IWK) Health Centre Halifax, NS 


 

 

Orvie Dingwall, BA, MLIS

Outreach Services Librarian

Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library

University of Manitoba

email: orvie_dingwall@umanitoba.ca

phone: 204.977.5660

website: http://mhiknet.lib.umanitoba.ca/