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Meeting Date October 27, 2009 (8:34am – 1:31pm) AARP American College of Physicians Foundation American Geriatrics Society 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 Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Department of Defense (by phone) Department of Veterans Affairs 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 Council of State Boards of Nursing National Council on Patient Information & Education National Patient Safety Foundation Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Society of Hospital Medicine United States Pharmacopeia Individual Members: Diane D. Cousins Deborah M. Nadzam Discussion Items Summary of the June Meeting Agenda Membership Requests American College of Physicians Foundation Individual Member, Deborah Nadzam, PhD, RN, FAAN Web site analytics Request for permission to list web site on consumer page USP request for volunteers Subcommittee Reports Pediatric Medication Safety Subcommittee Medication Error Rates vs. Medication Error Reporting Rates DoD request for alternative language use in Category Index Rules and Procedures Planning for 15th Anniversary Organizational Hot Topics Strategic Plan Action Items Observers and other participants were welcomed and introduced. Sal Peritore was recognized for his longtime service to NCC MERP as the delegate from the GPhA. The agenda was approved as reordered and meeting summary from June was approved with minor revisions. New membership request approved for: American College of Physicians Foundation Individual membership renewal approved for: Deborah Nadzam, PhD, RN, FAAN Request for permission to list web site on consumer page approved. Posting of Pediatric Medication Safety links on NCC MERP web site to other web sites under a "Tools and Resources" category approved. Weight based dosing was discussed and additional information was needed for Council action. Information will be brought back to the Council by 1/1/2010 for further discussion at February meeting. A proposal for an AHRQ conference grant on "Medication Error Rates vs. Medication Error Reporting Rates" will be drafted by 11/15/2009. A Task Force was established to review the Rules and Procedures for possible changes and updating. A Task Force was empaneled for the 15th Anniversary of the establishment of NCC MERP. Historical Report from the 10th Anniversary will be updated by 11/15/2009 Focus of Organizational Hot Topics include: Draft of opposition to criminalizing medication errors due by 11/5/2009 Organizational positions on this topic due to Vice Chair by 1/1/2009 Draft Statement on this topic due out to NCC MERP membership by 12/15/2009 - Members comments integrated and final draft out for vote before February meeting Medication reconciliation draft document due by 2/3/2010 for discussion at February meeting Draft document on harmonizing AHRQ Common Formats with the NCC MERP Taxonomy due by 1/1/2010 for discussion at February meeting Draft proposal for a National Alert Network for Serious Medication Errors due 1/1/2010 for presentation at February meeting Support document on use of the metric system for medication dosing draft due 1/1/2010 for February meeting DoD request for use of alternative language (medication event vs. medication error) in NCC MERP Category Index was approved. Taxonomy terminology will be reviewed and updated if needed. Next Meeting Date February 3, 2010 (10:00am – 4:00pm) New Time © 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.