Medication-related FDA Patient Safety videos provided in cooperation with ISMP

January 2011	New Pediatric Dosing Recommendations for Valcyte New Precaution when Calculating Carboplatin Doses Recall of Actavis Fentanyl Patches
November 2010	Medical Errors from Misreading Letters and Numbers
September 2010	Shortage of EPINEPHrine Syringes Can Cause Errors FDA Requirements for Colleague Infusion Pump Recall
August 2010	Dosing Errors with Certain Oral Syringes
July 2010	Parent Errors in Measuring Children’s Doses Warning on Swallowing Benadryl Topical Gel
May 2010	Avoiding Maalox Mix-ups
March 2010	Medical Errors from Misreading Letters and Numbers
February 2010	Mixups between Kapidex and Casodex
January 2010	Never Use Parenteral Syringes for Oral Medications
October 2009	New Colchicine Product and Dosing Regimen Potentially Fatal Errors with Certain Glucose Test Strips Alaris (Medley) Infusion Systems Recalled
September 2009	Warning on Neuropsychiatric Effects from Smoking Cessation Drugs New Warnings on Propoxyphene Overdoses Patient Deaths from Injection of Topical Epinephrine
August 2009	Alert on Stolen Levemir Insulin
July 2009	Warning on Testosterone Gel Products Alert on Disetronic ACCU-CHEK Spirit Insulin Pumps Update on Precipitate Formation with Ceftriaxone and Calcium-containing Products Avoiding Errors with Lamictal Starter Kits Warning on Accidental Ingestion of Benadryl Topical Gel
June 2009	Help Patients Use Acetaminophen Safely Campaign on Using Methadone Safely Recalls of Digoxin and Propafenone Tablets
May 2009	Safety Problems with Baxter Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps Burns from Medicated Patches during MRI Exams Removing Insulin from Cartons Don’t Share Insulin Pens Between Patients
April 2009	Stronger Warnings for Bowel Cleansing Agents Ethex Corp. Expands Recall of Generic Drugs and Supplements Avoiding Medication Errors with Multiple Brand Names Confusing Heparin Labels Can Lead to Errors Preventing Overdoses when Using Methadone to Treat Chronic Pain
March 2009	Preventing Dosing Errors with Alteplase Caution Using Topical Anesthetics Prior to Mammography
February 2009	Drug Name Confusion Between Kuric and Carac More Mix-ups between Propylthiouracil and Purinethol New Labels for Non-prescription Cough and Cold Medications Ethex Corp. Recalls Several Generic Drugs Recall of ReliOn Insulin Syringes
December 2008	More Heparin Dosing Errors with Neonates Removing Insulin from Cartons Recognizing Warfarin Brand Names Drug Name Confusion: Ephedrine and Epinephrine
November 2008	Serious Muscle Injury with Simvastatin/Amiodarone Combination Tragic Events with Concentrated Opiate Oral Solutions FDA’s Drug Safety Newsletter Now Available
October 2008	Warning on Tendon Injuries with Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics Potentially Fatal Glucose Monitoring Errors with Icodextrin
August 2008	Danger Giving Topical Thrombin Intravascularly Potential Problems with Insulin Pens in Hospitals
July 2008	Preventing Fatal Overdoses with Cerebyx FDA Takes Action on Injectable Colchicine
May 2008	Mistakenly Swallowing Inhaler Capsules
April 2008	Mixups between Insulin U-100 and U-500 Caution Giving Children Cough and Cold Medicines
February 2008	Avoiding Accidental Overdoses when Methadone is Prescribed for Pain (February 2007) Severe Tissue Injury with IV Promethazine (December 2006)
November 2007	Avoiding Dangerous Mixups between Amphotericin B Formulations Rare Side-Effect of Codeine in Nursing Mothers Warnings for Rocephin
October 2007	Using the Wrong Exactacain Straws can Endanger Patients More Patient Deaths from Luer Misconnections WHO Warns About Fatal Errors with Vincristine
September 2007	Preventing Patient Deaths from Fentanyl Patches Caution on No-Name Drug Patches
July 2007	Avoiding Dangerous Mix-ups between Insulin and Heparin
June 2007	Preventing Drug Mix-Ups: Bumetanide and Norepinephrine
March 2007	Possible Dose-Counter Errors with the Asmanex Twisthaler
February 2007	Possible Dosing Errors with the OptiClik Insulin Injection Device Dangerous Use of Saline Flush Syringes
January 2007	Preventing Dosage Errors with Diastat AcuDial
December 2006	Severe Tissue Injury with IV Promethazine Preventing Fatal Heparin Overdoses
November 2006	Danger in Administering Azathioprine and Mercaptopurine Together Vaccine Mix-ups: Adacel (Tdap) and Daptacel (DTaP)
October 2006	Nostril Errors with Nasal Sprays
August 2006	USP Statement on Preventing Errors with Neuromuscular Blocking Agents Preventing Errors with Tablet Splitting
July 2006	Renal Failure Associated with Bowel Cleansing Agents FDA/ISMP Campaign to Eliminate Dangerous Abbreviations
June 2006	Dangerous Confusion with Color-coded Wristbands Accidental Intrathecal Administration of IV Vincristine
March 2006	Drug Name Confusion: Amicar and Omacor
February 2006	Drug Name Confusion: Salagen and Selegiline Avoiding Glucose Monitoring Errors in Patients Receiving Other Sugars
December 2005	Preventing Errors with Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
November 2005	Caution on Accidentally Giving Nimodipine Intravenously
October 2005	Avoiding Fatal Overdoses with Fentanyl Patches Caution on Power Injection of MRI and CT Contrast Media Certain Oral Drops for Infants Recalled Mix-ups Involving Lindane
August 2005	Alert on Certain Children's Tylenol Products
April 2005	Patient Deaths Caused by Unlabeled Containers Confusion between Acetylcysteine Dosage Forms Mixups between Extended-release Formulations of Same Drug
March 2005	More on Preventing Fatal Gas Mix-Ups More on Brethine-Methergine Mix-up
February 2005	Drug Name Confusion: Reminyl and Amaryl Warnings on Proper Use of Bicillin
January 2005	JCAHO on Drug Name Mix-ups Warning about CeeNU Overdoses Caution on Fatal Dosing Errors with Epinephrine Warning on Supplements for Sexual Enhancement
December 2004	Mix-ups Administering Lotrisone Lotion
November 2004	Caution on Ethyl Chloride Flammability
October 2004	Avoiding Confusion with Broselow Tapes
September 2004	Preventing Fatal Tubing Misconnections Reducing the Danger of Injecting Long-Acting Penicillin I
August 2004	Caution on Programming Certain IV Pumps Sodium Hyaluronate Mix-ups
July 2004	Burns in MRI Patients Wearing Transdermal Patches Mix-ups between Brethine and Methergine More About Hazards in Patient-Controlled Analges
May 2004	Dangerous Mixups Between Opium Tincture and Paregoric
April 2004	Injections Into the Wrong Port of an Implantable Infusion Pump
March 2004	More on Dangerous Abbreviations
February 2004	Caution on Rapid Administration of IV Push Medications Fatal Errors in Administering Intrathecal Contrast Media
December 2003	More on the Danger of Giving Sterile Water Intravenously Store IV Bags in Their Overwraps
November 2003	Children at Risk from Brightly Colored Pills Drug Name Confusion: Purinethol® & Propylthiouracil
October 2003	Drug Name Confusion: Zyprexa/Zyrtec/Zantac
September 2003	Two-channel Pump Mix-up
August 2003	Dangerous Misconnections Between BP Monitors and IV Ports Patients with Reading Problems
July 2003	Mix up Between TD and PPD Fatal Medication Errors with Temodar
May 2003	Warning on I.V. Infusions of "Free Water" Drug Errors Caused by Abbreviations FDA Proposes Bar Codes on Drugs
April 2003	Caution on Drug Names that End in “L”
March 2003	Insulin Mixups Errors Using Transdermal Patches
February 2003	Warning About Methotrexate Overdoses
January 2003	Anesthetic Sprays and Methemoglobinemia
November 2002	Drug Name Confusion: Serzone and Seroquel
August 2002	Hazards in Patient-Controlled Analgesia
June 2002	Misconnection of Tubes and Ports
April 2002	Preventing Asphyxiation from Aspirated Syringe Tip

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