This week's featured article: Learning from Errors with the New Coronavirus Disease 2019 (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. 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.
Academic-based subscription: contact ISMP for pricing
Pharmaceutical Industry subscription: contact ISMP pricing
Personal Subscription
Subscription Information
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$205.00 per year
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Online access for one (1) user
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No re-distribution is permitted
Single Site Subscription
Subscription Information for healthcare organizations
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$300.00 per year
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Online access for up to 50 users within a single site organization
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Permission to re-distribute 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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Multi-site organizations: contact ISMP for pricing
Browse Issues
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 25
This week's featured article: Building Bridges to Safety: ISMP 23rd Annual Cheers Awards
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 24
This week's featured article: Hidden Medication Loss When Using a Primary Administration Set for Small-Volume Intermittent Infusions
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 23
This week's featured article: Learning from Influenza Vaccine Errors to Prepare for COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 22
This week's featured article: ISMP Survey Provides Insights into Preparation and Admixture Practices OUTSIDE the Pharmacy
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 21
This week's featured article: ISMP Survey Provides Insights into Pharmacy Sterile Compounding Systems and Practices
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 20
This week's featured article: Safety Investigations from Across the Pond: Deep Learning from England’s Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB)
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 19
This week's featured article: Analysis of Paramedicine Medication Errors Uncovers Challenges and Opportunities for Improvement
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 18
This week's featured article: FDA Advise-ERR: Reported Medication Errors with VEKLURY (remdesivir) Emergency Use Authorization
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 17
This week's featured article: During the Pandemic, Aspire to Identify and Prevent Medication Errors and to Avoid Blaming Attitudes
Acute Care
Volume 25, Issue 16
This week's featured article: Compounded Sterile Preparation (CSP) Accuracy and Error Prevention Should Be Both a Leadership and Regulatory Mandate
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