This article appeared on the Pharmacy Practice News website on May 19, 2020.
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This article appeared on the MedTech Dive website on May 15, 2020.
This article appeared on the Becker’s Hospital Review website on May 15, 2020.
ISMP special edition of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® acute care newsletter provides details on reports of emerging medication-related events and risks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The special edition newsletters are being made available for free to the general public as well as subscribers.
This article appeared on the Pharmacy Practice News website on May 6, 2020.
ISMP special edition of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® acute care newsletter highlights the need to address the stress, anxiety, exhaustion, and depression healthcare workers are facing due to taxing workloads and the constant vigilance required to care for patients during COVID-19 crisis.
This article appeared on the Medical Design and Outsourcing website on April 27, 2020.
ISMP special edition of the acute care newsletter this week provides information on an error-prone dose expression on the label of an unapproved drug, ascorbic acid, that is being used to hasten recovery in COVID-19 patients; it also presents highlights from a Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) webinar on the response of two health systems to the pandemic.
This article appeared on the General Surgery News website on April 23, 2020.
This article appeared on The Wall Street Journal website on April 20, 2020.
Special COVID-19 edition of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® acute care newsletter provides tips for safe and efficient use of automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs); and highlights the need for standardizing critical care drug infusions and reports on several recent errors with norepinephrine infusions administered to COVID-19 patients.
This article appeared on MedTech Dive on April 14, 2020.
ISMP has issued its next special edition of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® acute care newsletter, which outlines possible strategies for handling upcoming shortages of smart infusion pumps and dedicated administration sets.
ISMP has developed an online resource page with links to vital COVID-19 safety-related information and tools.
Second special edition of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® acute care newsletter explores the use of extension sets to position infusion pumps outside COVID-19 patients’ rooms.
This article appeared on the Infectious Disease Special Edition website on March 31, 2020.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, ISMP is moving to special editions of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! acute care newsletter that will focus only on information healthcare practitioners may find useful in their response efforts.
This article appeared on the Clinical Oncology News website on March 17, 2020.