Volume 23, Issue 14
Medication Safety Alert! July 12, 2018
In this week's issue:
- Survey Results: Smart Pump Data Analytics - Pump Metrics that Should Be Monitored to Improve Safety
- DOBUTamine concentration mix-ups
- Wrong formulation for amphotericin B eye drops
- Confusion with error-prone abbreviation, tPA
- Acute Care Action Agenda (April - June 2018)
Featured article
Between November 2017 and March 2018, ISMP conducted three surveys to learn about current practices with smart infusion pumps that have dose error-reduction software (DERS). Smart pumps can vastly improve medication safety by providing customizable libraries with dose limits and administration rates...