ISMP Medication Safety Alert!®

Action Agendas-Ambulatory Care

Consolidating medication safety recommendations into actionable steps

Every four months, ISMP identifies selected items from the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory 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.

Utilization of the action agenda to review externally reported errors combined with review and analysis of internally reported events constitutes a feasible and effective Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) program. 

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

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These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care Edition between September 2017 and December 2017.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care Edition between May 2017 and August 2017.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care Edition between January 2017 and April 2017.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care Edition between September 2016 and December 2016.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care Edition between May 2016 and August 2016.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care Edition between January 2016 and April 2016.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care Edition between September 2015 and December 2015.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care Edition between May 2015 and August 2015.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care Edition between January 2015 and April 2015.