Medication Safety Alert! December 15, 2016

In this week's issue: 

• Putting Our Boots On to Kick Off the 19th Annual ISMP Cheers Awards
• Potential issues with new basal insulin/glucagon-like-peptide-1 (GLP-1) fixed combinations
  • New safety challenges?
• Dr. Reddy's American Society of Health-System Pharmacist (ASHP) exhibit giveaway measures liquids incorrectly
• FentaNYL diversion alert
• HydrOXYzine - hydroxyurea mix-up
• More outpatient oral cancer drugs should be in blister packs