An International Medication Safety Network (IMSN) special interest group chaired by ISMP recently published recommendations for global implementation of safe oxytocin use practices: https://www.intmedsafe.net/imsn-oxytocin-sig-issues-recommendations-for-...
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Post date: 1 year 7 months ago
ISMP’s most recent featured newsletter article takes a closer look at oxytocin-related errors, including uncovering some new trends, and provides safe practice recommendations: https://www.ismp.org/node/80423
Post date: 1 year 8 months ago
ISMP’s new online, interactive course offers healthcare organizations a standardized, cost-effective way to ensure staff involved in the medication use process have the basic knowledge they need to avoid risks and prevent errors. It is available through an annual organizational subscription. For more: https://www.ismp.org/educational-services-healthcare-organizations
Post date: 1 year 8 months ago
Respondents to a recent ISMP survey indicated that strategic frameworks like California’s Medication Error Reduction Plan (MERP) can help reduce risk, increase reporting, and justify MSO and similar positions: www.ismp.org/node/75991
Post date: 1 year 8 months ago
The second article in a two-part ISMP newsletter series on promoting safety culture when training new hires focuses on the role of simulation, an evidence-based teaching method that replicates a process or system in a safe environment: www.ismp.org/node/75988