This year’s Texas Nursing Association Conference will be in our home base of San Antonio, and we’re delighted to be part of a gathering focused on how nurses can be agents of change in healthcare.
The TNA brings together nurses from one of the largest states in the U.S., and boasts 15,000 members who benefit from TNA’s continuing education, advocacy at state and federal levels, and practice protection. The TNA stays abreast of current topics and this year’s looks to resonate with Safen’s purposes: improving safety for patients and caregivers, including examining how medical errors can happen and how best to prevent them.
We’re excited to hear several impressive speakers on the agenda, particularly RaDonda Vaught, BSN and former practicing nurse. RaDonda was the subject of one of the highest-profile healthcare criminal cases when, in 2017, a medication error she committed at a Tennessee hospital led to a patient’s passing. She is one of the first RNs to be the subject of both civil and criminal proceedings related to this type of accident, and is now a passionate advocate for improving safety measures in healthcare settings. Mrs. Vaught’s story will no doubt resonate with attendees.
If you’re attending the TNA 2024 Conference Fri, May 31, 2024 to Jun 01, 2024, please come visit us at Booth # 208. We’ll have some goodies to give away and would love to hear your safety and error prevention experiences as RNs.
Visit us at TNA ’24 to see how Sāfen® Medical Tags can help your practice.
As we approach Patient Safety Awareness Week, taking place from March 9 to 15, 2025, we reflect on this year’s theme: “right diagnosis, right treatment, right time”. This theme underscores the critical importance of accuracy and timeliness in healthcare, which directly impacts patient outcomes and safety. Right treatment can certainly mean the accurate, best treatment…
Dr. Friedman’s innovative solution addresses medication line errors, which occur at a staggering 50% rate per line, with over half attributed to line confusion. His invention introduces clear GōTo® and High Alert Tags to distinguish normal saline or D5W lines from high-risk medications like Heparin, supplemented by a NōGo® port cover that acts as a physical “hard stop.” These straightforward, visible, and haptic-encoded tags offer a no-tech approach that significantly enhances patient safety, underscoring the potential for simple tools to bring about transformative changes in healthcare.
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Did a medication error affect you or a loved one, or have you experienced IV line medication errors as a healthcare provider? We want to know your story.
Did a medication error affect you or a loved one, or have you experienced IV line medication errors as a healthcare provider? We want to know your story.
