Tools and Support
Build knowledge and ability to take action.
- Initiative Overview
- High-Alert Medications
- Incident Analysis
- Independent Double Check
- Insulin Destruction and Disposal Practice Tool
- Just Culture
- Measuring and Evaluating
- Medication Management Model Policies
- Medication Reconciliation
- Med Safety Signal
- Polypharmacy
- Quality Improvement
- Resident and Family Engagement
- Safer Transitions in Care
Initiative Launch and Update Webinars
The Strengthening Medication Safety in Long-Term Care initiative was publicly launched by ISMP Canada on June 25, 2021. View the webinar recording and PPT slides for an overview of the initiative and the activities that will be implemented.
YouTube VideoPPT slides
A Provincial Update Webinar was held on December 15, 2021. View the webinar recording and PPT slides to learn about the selection of Champion Homes and the 5 foundational aspects of the initiative!
YouTube VideoPPT Slides
A Provincial Update Webinar was held on June 22, 2022. View the webinar recording and PPT slides to learn about how the Champion Homes used the Resident and Family Engagement Survey to improve engagement in their medication management processes, used process mapping to document the Medication Reconciliation process and collected data on distractions during the Med Pass to improve medication administration.
YouTube VideoA Provincial Update Webinar was held on September 20, 2022. View the webinar recording and PPT slides to learn about the next phase of the initiative where we will be inviting up to 100 Trailblazer homes to take part in one of the initiative streams
- resident and family engagement,
- reporting, learning, and acting when an incident occurs,
- adapting and implementing a model policy,
- improving the medication reconciliation process, and
- initiating a quality improvement project.
In addition, three Champion Homes share their learnings on the use of the incident analysis tools, the introduction of an automated dispensing cabinet for emergency supply medications and the adaptation of one of the model policies.
YouTube VideoA Provincial Update Webinar was held on December 7, 2022. View the webinar recording and PPT slides to learn about the launch of the Trailblazer Homes Champion Homes on November 3, 2022 as well as Champion Home updates on their medication safety projects involving Orientation and Training for Medication Administration and Order Processing and Reducing Distractions during the morning medication pass.
YouTube VideoNiagara Region Resident and Family Engagement Resources
Seniors’ Medication ScriptHigh-Alert Medications
High-alert medications are drugs that bear a heightened risk of causing significant patient harm when they are used in error. Although mistakes may or may not be more common with these drugs, the consequences of an error are clearly more devastating to patients.
See ISMP Canada’s Canadian High-Alert Medication List for a list of high-alert medications and guidance on how to create and implement a high-alert medication program in your home.
Canadian High-Alert Medication ListIncident Analysis
To effectively improve medication safety in a long-term care home, it is important to recognize and understand what medication incidents are occurring, why, and what evidence-based actions should be taken to reduce the risk of the same incident occurring again.
Incident AnalysisIndependent Double Check for Long-term Care
ELearning Module
This eLearning module describes the elements of a good Independent Double Check for high-alert medications that are administered to residents in Long-term Care. Through the use of animated videos, learners will be able to see different examples of independent double checks being performed correctly, as well as some common reasons why they are performed incorrectly.
RegisterInsulin Destruction and Disposal Practice Tool
To guide the proper destruction and disposal of insulin in the long-term care setting improving accountability.
Insulin Destruction and Disposal Practice Tool