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Emergency medical services (EMS) Week, or EMS Week, was originally authorized by President Gerald Ford on November 4, 1974 for the week of November 3–10. [1] Since 1992, EMS Week has moved to the third week of May. [2] In 2024, the 50th annual celebration for EMS Week is scheduled for the week of May 19-25, and the theme is "Honoring Our Past.
2023 WPSD Objectives were: (1) Raise global awareness of the need for active engagement of patients, families, and caregivers; (2) Engage policy-makers, health care leaders, health and care workers, patients’ organizations, civil society and other stakeholders in efforts to engage patients and families; (3) empower patients and families for active healthcre involvement and healthcare safety ...
NAOSH Week serves as an important reminder of the significance of workplace safety and health and offers an opportunity for employers, employees, and safety professionals to come together to promote these values. Before NAOSH Week, ASSP holds a children's "safety-on-the-job" poster contest to teach children about the significance of workplace ...
According to the American Nurses Association, National Nurses Week occurs from May 6-12 annually. First observed in October of 1954, it wasn't until 1990 that the week-long celebration was ...
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is an American 501(c)(3) organization focusing on the prevention of medication errors and promoting safe medication practices. [1] It is affiliated with ECRI .
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Union's drug regulator will this week consider wider use of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy to include reducing the risk of strokes and heart attacks.
The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (Spanish: Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios; AEMPS) is a regulatory and autonomous agency of the Government of Spain that acts as the highest sanitary authority in the country in terms of medical safety on medicines, health products, cosmetics and personal care products.
2005 – Nurses for Patients' Safety: Targeting counterfeit medicines and substandard medication; 2006 – Safe staffing saves lives; 2007 – Positive practice environments: Quality workplaces = quality patient care; 2008 – Delivering Quality, Serving Communities: Nurses Leading Primary Health Care and social care