ISMP Medication Safety Alert!®

Action Agendas-Acute Care

Consolidating medication safety recommendations into actionable steps

Every three months, ISMP identifies selected items from the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care newsletter and publishes an Action Agenda for you and your organization. The Action Agenda is intended to stimulate discussion and collaborative action as you begin the process of reducing and preventing medication errors.

Agenda topics include a brief description of the medication safety problem, recommendations to reduce the risk of errors, and the newsletter issue number to locate additional information as desired.

A typical use of the Medication Safety Alert! Action Agenda would be to: 

  • Convene staff to discuss actionable items
  • Assess the likelihood of similar safety risks at your site
  • Complete the “Organization Assessment” and “Action Required/Assignment” sections 
  • Identify safety strategies to implement in your organization
  • When action is required, set a reasonable time for completion
  • Reconvene to review success of implementation plan and modify strategies as needed

Free Continuing Education Credits for the Medication Safety Alert! Action Agenda are available for nurses.

Browse Issues

The following selected items are from the October - December 2023 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!
The following selected items are from the July - September 2023 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!
The following selected items are from the April - June 2023 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!
The following selected items are from the January - March 2023 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!
The following selected items are from the October - December 2022 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!
The following selected items are from the July - September 2022 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!
The following selected items are from the April - June 2022 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!
The following selected items are from the January - March 2022 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!
The following selected items are from the October - December 2021 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!
The following selected items are from the July - September 2021 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!
The following selected items are from the April - June 2021 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!
The following selected items are from the January - March 2021 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!
The following selected items are from the October - December 2020 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!
The following selected items are from the July - September 2020 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!
The following selected items are from the April - June 2020 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!
The following selected items are from the January - March 2020 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!
The following selected items are from the October - December 2019 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!
The following selected items are from the July - September 2019 issues of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!