Medication Safety Alert! May 2013

In this month's issue:

• Survey Results Show Medication Safety Information Provided by ISMP is Valued and Acted Upon by Hospital Nurses
• Phosphate enemas (FLEET) may pose a risk for elderly, renal patients
• Double Trouble: Look-alike opioids
• Death from intravenous (IV) niMODipine
• All is not as it seems...(metolazone, methadone mix-up)
• Insulin concentration rarely needed on orders