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

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

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

Want to know where you stand in maintaining an environment that promotes patient safety in comparison to your peers? This week’s ISMP featured article explores alternatives to comparing unreliable “benchmarking” error report data with other organizations: https://www.ismp.org/node/107968

Sign up now for the next MSOS Member Briefing webinar scheduled to be held on Thursday, November 16, 2023 from 1:00-2:00 PM ET.
Register Now: https://ecri.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZyTqIKZVTsWB1T6bJXOmmg#/registr...

Short medication safety-related presentations for this webinar will include:

• Non-controlled substance diversion
Mary Nelson MSN, RN, CPPS
Network Drug Diversion Program Manager
Quality Improvement Division
HonorHealth

• Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for MLH Outpatient Pharmacy: 2023-2024
Anna Rikard, PharmD, BCGP, CPEL
University of Tennessee Health Science Center( UTHSC) College of Pharmacy, Affiliated Professor
Methodist Germantown Outpatient Pharmacy Manager

This week’s free ISMP featured article presents results from a recent survey on curriculum related to IV push practices in nursing programs and provides recommendations for nursing student and staff educators: www.ismp.org/node/105607

This week’s free ISMP featured article provides safe practice recommendations for when medications need to be held, suspended, or temporarily stopped: https://www.ismp.org/node/103406

This week’s free ISMP featured article discusses the possible sources and impact of unnecessary distractions and interruptions while performing medication-related tasks, and offers recommendations on how to limit them: https://www.ismp.org/node/101360

In a recent ECRI podcast, ISMP’s Susan Paparella discusses shortcomings and over reliance on the “five rights” as a safety tool, and better starting points for successful medication safety programs: https://smart-healthcare-safety.ecri.org/public/58/Smart-Healthcare-Safe...

This week’s free ISMP featured article analyzes a fatal medication error that involved accidental administration of a dialysis product left in a different patient care area: https://www.ismp.org/node/98949