COVID-19 Resources

As we are all working to better understand and react to the impacts of COVID-19 around the world, please know that ISMP is here for you. We appreciate all of the selfless dedication of healthcare professionals during this unprecedented event, and our first priority is to help them with the resources that they need to keep themselves and their patients safe. Below are links to medication safety information that may be useful for COVID-19 response efforts.

ISMP Newsletter Special Editions

During the pandemic, ISMP is moving to special editions of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care newsletter that focus only on COVID-19 safety issues and insights. These special edition newsletters are free to access.

• May 14, 2020 | PDF Version | Online Version | COVID-19-Related Medication Errors | COVID-19 Collaboration

• May 1, 2020 | PDF Version | Online Version | Leadership Support is Vital: If We Fail to Support Caregivers, There Will Be Few Left to Support Care | Not all superheroes wear capes: National Nurses Week: May 6-12 | COVID-19 Collaboration

• April 23, 2020 | PDF Version | Online Version | Error-Prone Dose Expression on Label Unapproved Drug, Ascorbic Acid, from Mylan | Highlights of a COCA (Clinical Outreach and Communication Activity) webinar on insights from two health systems impacted by COVID-19 | COVID-19 Collaboration | Acute Care Action Agenda

• More Special Edition Newsletters

Articles

• [May 1, 2020] Leadership Support is Vital: If We Fail to Support Caregivers, There Will Be Few Left to Support Care

• [April 23, 2020] Error-Prone Dose Expression of Label of Unapproved Drug, Ascorbic Acid, from Mylan

• [April 16, 2020] Considerations for Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADC) Usage During COVID-19

• [April 8, 2020] Planning for Anticipated Shortage of Smart Infusion Pumps and Dedicated Administration Sets

• [April 3, 2020] Clinical Experiences Keeping Infusion Pumps Outside the Room for COVID-19 Patients

• [March 26, 2020] Revisiting the Need for MDI Common Canister Protocols During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Resources

• [Resource] Comments from March 2020 MSOS Member Briefing Q&A  on COVID-19

• [Resource] List of Shortage Resources and Information

• [Resource] External Organizations and Resources

Webinars 

• [ON DEMAND] Medication Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Have We Learned in the United States? 

• [ON DEMAND] Prevention of Drug Diversion in the Healthcare Setting 

• [ON DEMAND] Medication Safety During COVID-19: What Have We Learned 

• [ON DEMAND] Managing Infusion in the Age of COVID-19 | ISMP-ECRI Webinar

• [ON DEMAND] MSOS Member Briefing - March 2020 Recording | Part of medication safety officers' group discussion is focused on COVID-19 related issues