GCC Medication Safety Congress 2015

The GCC Medication Safety Congress will help bring back vital focus on the relevance of pharmacovigilance, identification and reporting of adverse events, medication reconciliation and many other measures in the pursuit of patient safety. The congress will familiarise attendees with the medication safety systems internationally and in the Gulf. Highlighting fundamentals of medication errors, the congress covers a variety of topics including improving medication safety infrastructure, medication reconciliation, psychotropic agent safety, expedited reporting, dealing with high alert medication and more. It will focus on promoting dialogue amongst regulators, medical professionals and pharmaceutical companies to ensure patient safety in the MENA region.

2015 Speakers
Dr. Abdul Sukkur Asali Ahamed, Dr. Adeline Saliba, Dr. Adewale Adejonwo, Dr. Ashraf Ismail, Dr. Brian Ziegler, Dr. Dalal Al Taweel and many more...

Agenda
08:00 Registration, coffee and networking
08:40 Chairman’s welcome and opening remarks
08:50 Official opening keynote address
09:00 Understanding the impact of accreditation on patient safety
09:45 Panel Discussion
10:30 Networking coffee break
11:00 Using Lean Six Sigma as a tool to improve medication safety
11:45 Identifying a nurse’s perceptions and their role in preventing medication errors
12:30 Prayer break and lunch
and much more...