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Meeting Date: June 24, 2008 (8:37am – 1:53pm) Member Organizations ( Present at meeting in Bold) AARP American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging American Hospital Association American Medical Association American Nurses Association American Pharmacists Association American Society for HealthCare Risk Management American Society of Consultant Pharmacists American Society of Health System Pharmacists Department of Defense Food & Drug Administration Generic Pharmaceutical Association Institute for Healthcare Improvement Institute for Safe Medication Practices The Joint Commission National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations National Association of Boards of Pharmacy National Association of Chain Drug Stores National Council of State Boards of Nursing National Council on Patient Information & Education National Patient Safety Foundation Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Department of Veterans Affairs United States Pharmacopeia Individual Member: Deborah M. Nadzam Discussion Items February meeting summary, action items and agenda Web analytics Permission requests for the Council�s work products Membership Use of Medication Error Rates to Compare Health Care Organizations is of No Value Drug Suffixes Survey Pediatric Medication Safety Physician Office Risk Management Tool Kit Bar Coding Implementation of Technology Disposal of Drugs Action Items Approved February meeting summary as revised Approved agenda Approved requests for permission: McKesson - use of category index Duffey (Canada) - portion of error statement within text book on risk Homes for the Aged (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - severity index for adaptation beyond medication errors Health Quality Council (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) - enhance accuracy of prescription writing DoD - severity index for adaptation in non-medication error program Voted to reinstate NACDS on the Council for one year in the Trade and Manufacturer category Voted to redate Use of Medication Error Rates to Compare Health Care Organizations is of No Value Empanelled a workgroup to develop a statement on internal reporting Established working group to evaluate responses to the drug suffix survey and recommend actions Established a workgroup to engage in an environmental scan and review activities Established a workgroup to determine the further role of barcoding subcommittee Tabled further consideration of implementation of technology Next Meeting Date October 14, 2008 – 8:30am to 3:00pm © 1998–2010 National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention. All Rights Reserved. *Permission is hereby granted to reproduce information contained herein provided that such reproduction shall not modify the text and shall include the copyright notice appearing on the pages from which it was copied.