This week’s ISMP featured newsletter article warns about online merchandise that looks like real medications, sometimes with a scannable barcode. For safe practice recommendations to help avoid potential for drug diversion and risk of patient harm: www.ismp.org/node/119273
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Post date: 2 years 3 months ago
Don’t miss a unique opportunity to maximize your error prevention efforts and look at your organization through the eyes of leading safety experts! Register for ISMP’s virtual Medication Safety Intensive Workshop on March 7-8, 2024, and learn to develop a program that can meet current challenges and use data for sustained improvement: www.ismp.org/node/76170
Post date: 2 years 3 months ago
Learn how to improve safety and efficiency plus reduce waste by adopting ready-to-administer IV medications during a FREE ISMP webinar on February 6, 2024, from 1:00-2:00pm ET. CE credit is available: https://www.ismp.org/node/108857
Post date: 2 years 4 months ago
ISMP has updated its list of high-alert medications for acute care settings to include tranexamic acid injection—see this week’s featured ISMP newsletter article for details and a copy: https://www.ismp.org/node/116945
Post date: 2 years 5 months ago
Patients with low health literacy make more errors interpreting instructions and warnings. This week’s ISMP newsletter provides tips on how to support personal and organizational health literacy: https://www.ismp.org/node/110339