This week's featured article: Compounded Sterile Preparation (CSP) Accuracy and Error Prevention Should Be Both a Leadership and Regulatory Mandate
ISMP Medication Safety Alert!®
Acute Care
A valuable resource to reduce medication error risk in your hospital
The ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® Acute Care is a digital newsletter, published every two weeks for hospital healthcare professionals. Practitioners are encouraged to share this publication at committee meetings to initiate conversations about preventing similar errors within their organizations.
Subscription Options
Online access to twenty-five (25) issues per year. Subscriptions start with the first issue after the date of purchase. You will receive a reminder notice via email to renew your annual subscription before your subscription expires. Your subscription will not automatically renew.
Access to back issues are not included. Single issues are available for purchase.
Special pricing for group purchase, contact ISMP.
Individual subscription: $195.00/year
Subscription Information
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Online access for one (1) user
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A user log-in required
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PDF version available to download and redistribute internally
Organization subscription: $278.00/year
Subscription Information
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Online access for up to 50 users within an organization
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Individual log-in accounts required
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Instructions to add users to a subscription will be emailed to the user purchasing the subscription
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Subscriptions are location/site-based. If you have multiple locations/hospitals, please purchase an organization subscriptions for each site OR contact ISMP for group purchases
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Please use your organization email address when subscribing
Browse Issues
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 15
This week's featured article: Survey Shows Room for Improvement with Two New ISMP Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 14
This week's featured article: NRFit: A Global “Fit” for Neuraxial Medication Safety
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 13
This week's featured article: Inappropriate FentaNYL Patch Prescriptions at Discharge for Opioid-Naïve, Elderly Patients
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 12
This week's featured article: The Differences Between Human Error, At-Risk Behavior, and Reckless Behavior are Key to a Just Culture
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 11
This week's featured article: Education is “Predictably Disappointing” and Should Never be Relied Upon Alone to Improve Safety
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 10
This week's featured article: Subtherapeutic Heparin Infusions: Is Your Organization at Risk of Bypassing Soft Low-Dose Alerts?
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 9 (Supplement)
This week's featured article: COVID-19-Related Medication Errors: Remdesivir investigational drug labeling confusion; Failure to engage barcode medication administration (BCMA); Inability to weigh patients during telehealth encounters; Entering just a few letters for an ADC drug name search leads to an error; Missed doses
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 9
This week's featured article: Incorrect Use of Smart Infusion Pump in the Operating Room (OR) Leads to Milrinone Overdose
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 8 (Supplement)
This week's featured article: Leadership Support is Vital: If We Fail to Support Caregivers, There Will Be Few Left to Support Care
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 8
This week's featured article: Error-Prone Dose Expression on Label of Unapproved Drug, Ascorbic Acid, from Mylan
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 7 (Supplement)
This week's featured article: Considerations for Automated Dispensing Cabinet (ADC) Usage During COVID-19
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 7
This week's featured article: Planning for Anticipated Shortage of Smart Infusion Pumps and Dedicated Administration Sets
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 6 (Supplement)
This week's featured article: Clinical Experiences Keeping Infusion Pumps Outside the Room for COVID-19 Patients
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 6
This week's featured article: Revisiting the Need for MDI Common Canister Protocols During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 5
This week's featured article: Do You Know What Doses Are Being Programmed in the OR? Make it an Expectation to Use Smart Infusion Pumps with DERS
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 4
This week's featured article: Two New Best Practices in the 2020-2021 Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 3
This week's featured article: Errors Associated with Oxytocin Use: A Multi-organization Analysis by ISMP and ISMP Canada