This week's featured article: Mix-Ups Between the Influenza (Flu) Vaccine and COVID-19 Vaccines
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.
Who reads this newsletter?
- Directors of Pharmacy
- Pharmacists
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Medication and Patient Safety Officers
- Risk Managers
- Product Managers
- Anyone concerned with medication safety
Subscription Options
Online access to twenty-five (25) issues per year. You will receive a reminder notice via email to renew your annual subscription before your subscription expires. Your subscription will not automatically renew.
Single issues are available for purchase.
Academic-based subscription: contact ISMP for pricing
Pharmaceutical Industry (and other healthcare related companies): contact ISMP for pricing
Health Systems & Multi Site organizations: contact ISMP for pricing
Personal Subscription
Subscription Information
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$210.00 per year
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Online access for one (1) user
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No redistribution is permitted
Single Site Subscription
Subscription Information for healthcare organizations (e.g. hospitals, clinics, pharmacies)
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$310.00 per year
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Online access for up to 50 users within a single site organization
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Permission to redistribute within single-site location
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Instructions to add users to a subscription will be emailed to the user purchasing the subscription
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Please use your organization email address when subscribing
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Health Systems/Multi-site organizations: contact ISMP for discounted pricing
Browse Issues
Acute Care
Volume 26, Issue 19
This week's featured article: Pharmacists’ and Nurses’ Role in Antimicrobial Stewardship, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Sepsis Care
Acute Care
Volume 26, Issue 18
This week's featured article: Disrespectful Behavior in Healthcare: Has It Improved? Please take our Survey!
Acute Care
Volume 26, Issue 17
This week's featured article: Pump Up the Volume: Tips for Increasing Error Reporting and Decreasing Patient Harm
Acute Care
Volume 26, Issue 16
This week's featured article: TN Board of Nursing’s Unjust Decision to Revoke Nurse’s License: Travesty on Top of Tragedy!
Acute Care
Volume 26, Issue 15
This week's featured article: Safety Committees Need to Proactively Address the Risk of Accidental Cerebral Injection of Intravenous (IV) Drugs
Acute Care
Volume 26, Issue 14
This week's featured article: Screening for Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase (DPD) Deficiency in Fluorouracil Patients: Why Not?
Acute Care
Volume 26, Issue 13
This week's featured article: Leaving a Discontinued FentaNYL Infusion Attached to the Patient Leads to a Tragic Error
Acute Care
Volume 26, Issue 12
This week's featured article: Identifying Color Additives in Regulated Drug Products
Acute Care
Volume 26, Issue 11
This week's featured article: Administration of Concentrated Potassium Chloride for Injection During a Code: Still Deadly!
Acute Care
Volume 26, Issue 10
This week's featured article: Just Culture, Medication Error Prevention, and Second Victim Support Needed in Nursing Curriculum
Acute Care
Volume 26, Issue 9
This week's featured article: More Can Be Done to Alleviate Errors Associated with Pharmaceutical Product Labeling and Packaging
Acute Care
Volume 26, Issue 8
This week's featured article: Any New Process Poses a Risk for Errors: Learning from 4 Months of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccinations
Acute Care
Volume 26, Issue 7
This week's featured article: Additional Strategies to Improve Complete Delivery of Small-Volume Intermittent Infusions
Acute Care
Volume 26, Issue 6
This week's featured article: Should FDA Reconsider Allowing the Pooling of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to obtain Additional Doses?
Acute Care
Volume 26, Issue 5
This week's featured article: Analysis of Transdermal Medication Patch Errors Uncovers a “Patchwork” of Safety Challenges
Acute Care
Volume 26, Issue 4
This week's featured article: A Recurring Call to Action: Every Healthcare Organization Needs a Medication Safety Officer!
Acute Care
Volume 26, Issue 3
This week's featured article: Updated Guidance Needed for Longstanding Large Volume Parenteral (LVP) Labeling and Packaging Problems