ISMP Canada

12/22/2025

Join us to learn about the newly updated Interview Guide in this interactive & engaging Medication Reconciliation & Best Possible Medication History workshop!

Learn clinical pearls about how to collect the most accurate list of meds from a patient or caregiver!💊

✅Register today!➡️ismpcanada.ca/education
🗓️March 14, 2026

12/19/2025

Have a safe and healthy holiday season!

12/17/2025

ISMP Canada is updating the Medication Safety Self-Assessment for Hospital (MSSA-Hospital) and is seeking hospital sites for testing.

Who? Acute care hospitals providing medical services for both inpatients and outpatients
What? Validation testing for the updated MSSA-Hospital
Where? Hospital teams from all provinces and territories across Canada
Why? Opportunity to evaluate the safety of your medication management systems and provide feedback
When? Validation testing will likely run from the end of January to mid-February 2026.
How? Please email Ambika.Sharma@ismpcanada.ca if you’re interested

Thank you for your efforts to improve patient and medication safety!

12/17/2025

Supplement: New Learning from an Analysis of Incidents Related to Paxlovid

This supplement describes learning from a recent analysis of incidents related to Paxlovid, which is used to treat mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults at high risk for progression to severe disease. New learning is shared to help improve drug interaction management and prescription transfer communication.

Learn more: https://ismpcanada.ca/bulletin/incidents-paxlovid/

12/16/2025

SUPPLEMENT: Mix-Ups between Diclectin and Dicetel

This supplement aims to raise awareness of the look-alike/sound-alike pair, Diclectin (a combination of doxylamine succinate and pyridoxine hydrochloride) and Dicetel (pinaverium bromide), and to share prevention and mitigation strategies.

Learn more:https://ismpcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/ISMPCSB2025-i12-supp1-Dicetel-Diclectin-Mixups.pdf

12/15/2025

WORKSHOP: Dive deep into Incident Analysis & Proactive Risk Assessment for at our upcoming !🚑

✅Register today to boost your expertise in safety!➡️ismpcanada.ca/education
🗓️February 26 & 27, 2026

12/12/2025

We are proud to celebrate a milestone for medication safety in Canada. Our ISMP Canada co-founder, David K. U, has been invested as a Member of the Order of Canada, recognizing his dedication to reducing preventable harm from medications and strengthening patient safety across healthcare settings.

🎉 Congratulations David!

Photo credit: PO 2 Louis Dubé, Rideau Hall © OSGG, 2025

12/11/2025

BULLETIN: Making Decisions About Polypharmacy with Patients

This bulletin describes a collaborative initiative by Canada’s Drug Agency - L'Agence des médicaments du Canada, ISMP Canada, and deprescribing.org, to improve the appropriate prescribing and use of medications in Canada.

The 5 Questions to Ask About My Multiple Medications tool was developed for patients and caregivers, led by ISMP Canada, and the 5 Tips to Manage Polypharmacy tool was developed for primary health care providers, led by deprescribing.org.

Learn more: https://ismpcanada.ca/bulletin/polypharmacy/

Making Decisions About Polypharmacy with Patients - Bulletin from ISMP Canada.

12/08/2025

📢 WORKSHOP: Join us for in-depth learning & hands-on practice in Multi-Incident Analysis & Medication Safety Culture Assessment workshop on January 22 & 23, 2026.

✅ Two days of comprehensive learning includes:

📅 Day 1: Unlock the secrets of multi-incident analysis! Gain theoretical insights and hands-on experience analyzing medication incidents grouped by common themes.

📅 Day 2: Learn how to implement the Medication Safety Culture Indicator Matrix for enhanced insights and better practices about safety culture within your organization.

🔔 Don't miss out on this opportunity and register now!➡ismpcanada.ca/education

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12/02/2025

BULLETIN: Embedding High-Reliability Principles for Safer Medication-Use Systems

High-reliability organizations are organizations that operate in complex, high-risk environments for extended periods with a low number of serious accidents or catastrophic failures.

This bulletin describes a hospital network’s journey to embed high-reliability principles for safer practice through their implementation of bidirectional smart infusion pump interoperability.

Learn more:

Embedding High-Reliability Principles for Safer Medication-Use Systems - Bulletin from ISMP Canada.

12/02/2025

Today is ! 🫶

If you can, please join us in supporting the Award for Medication Safety that will be given to a second year pharmacy student at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto.

For the month of December, donations will be matched by the Dean's fund, up to $10 000! ➡️ https://engage.utoronto.ca/site/SPageServer?pagename=donate #/fund/2199

Last year, alongside the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto and with the support of ISMP Canada and sparked by my friend Doris, we launched the Andrew's Living Legacy Award for Medication Safety - a scholarship for a second year pharmacy student who demonstrates leadership in advancing .

We are aiming to raise $25 000 in order for this award to be given to students in perpetuity and the Dean's fund will be matching donations up to $10 000 from now until December 31st!

The photo below was taken in 2015. Andrew was beginning to question Santa and as we were waiting in line to meet the big man, a spritely elf came to chat with us. She asked Andrew what his name was and what he wanted for Christmas. He quietly responded with his name and told the elf he wasn't sure if Santa would find him because we would be in Jamaica for Christmas. When it was our turn to approach, Santa bellowed out, "Andrew - it's your turn!" Andrew paused to look at me and with his gorgeous hazel eyes said - "how did he know my name?" Santa reassured him that he would find us in Jamaica, and he did.

The changes in medication safety that have happened across this country since losing Andrew has had a little bit of that same magic, along with a lot of hard work from people who have committed to improving medication safety.

As a teacher, I know that students are key to continuing this momentum and that's why supporting their education is so important. Help us raise the funds we need to ensure that continues in perpetuity.

You can donate through this link ➡️ https://engage.utoronto.ca/site/SPageServer?pagename=donate #/fund/2199

Today is , a global movement encouraging people to give, collaborate and celebrate generosity. Thank you for your generosity.

Our family is grateful for this support and we hope that you have a safe and happy holiday season.

11/27/2025

🫶Thank you to our friends at the Canadian Addison Society for sharing our latest bulletin entitled "Multi-Incident Analysis Identifies Opportunities to Improve Treatment and Prevention of Adrenal Crisis" and other medication safety resources at the Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism Conference 2025.

👋Be sure to say hello to this wonderful team at Booth E828 today!

💡Learn more about how to treat and prevent adrenal crisis: https://ismpcanada.ca/bulletin/adrenal-crisis/

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