Medication Off Label use

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Melissa Carey
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Medication Off Label use

Recently we had an event in which haloperidol was ordered IV but administered IM because the RN saw on the vial for IM use only. Does anyone have a good process on how to alert nursing of off label use when the vial states IM only?