This sidebar to a longer article on medication safety describes how consumers can play a role in preventing medication errors, and presents ISMP recommendations.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is moving to a special editions of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! acute care newsletter that will focus only on information healthcare practitioners may find useful in their response efforts. As the world grapples
ISMP has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to assess medication safety practices in the perioperative setting, from the time a patient is prepared for a procedure until he or she is discharged home.
This article appeared on the Columbus Monthly website on March 9, 2020.