national comprehensive cancer network
If you or a loved one has ever been treated for cancer, chances are that the oncologist used guidelines developed by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a consortium of the nation’s top cancer centers.
In support of that broader mission, we helped NCCN brand and promote a campaign designed to prevent a rare but lethal medical error. Our Just Bag It campaign made clear how to handle the chemotherapy drug vincristine: lethal when administered by spinal injection, but safe when diluted and delivered via a 50ml mini-IV drip bag. NCCN CEO Robert W. Carlson, MD had cared for a patient, Christopher Wibeto, after this mistake was made at another hospital. He watched, distraught, as Christopher’s condition deteriorated and he died. When Dr. Carlson became CEO of NCCN, he vowed to take action to prevent future errors.
what we did
Media relations
Messaging
Campaign communications + branding
Strategic communications
Planning
Web content
Video
robert w. carlson, m.d.
CEO, NCCN
From Healio.com: “NCCN launches ‘Just Bag It’ campaign to prevent deadly medical error in vincristine administration”
medical education hits home
debra wibeto
Christopher’s Mother
NCCN met its goal of
institutions
signing onto the safety protocols.
In
the FDA convinced Pfizer to change its labeling to prevent the error.