How the University of Illinois is rethinking medication safety in the surgical suite

This webinar is on-demand and can be viewed at your convenience.

  • Matthew Gimbar, PharmD

    Presenter

    Matthew Gimbar, PharmD

    Sr Associate Director, Pharmacy Operations

    University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System

  • Zenia George

    Presenter

    Zenia George

    Perioperative Pharmacy Services Coordinator

    University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System

Procedural areas run on speed, but point-of-care drug preparation introduces steps where errors, compliance gaps and waste accumulate. For pharmacy leaders, every manual preparation task in the operating room is a safety variable and a documentation burden.

Pharmacy leadership from the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System in Chicago recently examined what changes when ready-to-administer prefilled syringes replace error-prone bedside preparation across inpatient operating rooms and ambulatory surgery centers.

This session details how commercially manufactured products shift the medication-use model, cutting manual steps, easing clinician cognitive load and improving barcode scanning accuracy.

What you will learn:

  • How ready-to-administer products reduce manual prep and improve barcode scanning
  • How FDA cGMP-manufactured prefilled syringes reduce compliance burden and waste
  • How longer shelf life improves inventory and reduces waste
  • How standardized workflows support efficiency and remote pharmacy oversight