This week's featured article: Medical Abbreviations That Have Contradictory or Ambiguous Meanings
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 1
This week's featured article: Start the New Year Off Right by Preventing These Top 10 Medication Errors and Hazards
Acute Care
Volume 24, Issue 25
This week's featured article: We Have the Winning Hand: 22nd ISMP Cheers Awards
Acute Care
Volume 24, Issue 24
This week's featured article: QuarterWatchTM (includes new data from Quarter 2, 2019): Methotrexate Errors, Trends Among Addictive Drugs, and Underreporting of Serious Events
Acute Care
Volume 24, Issue 23
This week's featured article: What’s in a Name? Survey Finds Wide Variety of Error-Prone Newborn Naming Conventions in Use Today
Acute Care
Volume 24, Issue 22
This week's featured article: A Lot Happens When You Report a Hazard or Error to ISMP – There’s No “Black Hole” Here!
Acute Care
Volume 24, Issue 21
This week's featured article: Over-the-Top Risky: Overuse of ADC Overrides, Removal of Drugs without an Order, and Use of Non-profiled Cabinets
Acute Care
Volume 24, Issue 20
This week's featured article: Speaking Up About Patient Safety Requires an Observant Questioner and a High Index of Suspicion
Acute Care
Volume 24, Issue 19
This week's featured article: Published Review of Independent Double Checks Shouldn’t Dissuade Providers from Using Them Judiciously
Acute Care
Volume 24, Issue 18
This week's featured article: SPEAK UP for Medication Safety: September 17, 2019 The First World Health Organization World Patient Safety Day
Acute Care
Volume 24, Issue 17
This week's featured article: IV Push Gap Analysis Tool (GAT) Helps Uncover National Priorities for Safe Injection Practices
Acute Care
Volume 24, Issue 16
This week's featured article: QuarterWatchTM (includes new data from Quarter 4, 2018 and Quarter 1, 2019): Focus on Four New Drugs: Xofluza, Aimovig, Ajovy, and Emgality
Acute Care
Volume 24, Issue 15
This week's featured article: Partnering with Families and Patient Advocates: Another Line of Defense in Adverse Event Surveillance
Acute Care
Volume 24, Issue 14
This week's featured article: New Recommendations to Improve Drug Allergy Capture and Clinical Decision Support
Acute Care
Volume 24, Issue 13
This week's featured article: To Close for Comfort: Fatal Zinc Overdose Narrowly Avoided
Acute Care
Volume 24, Issue 12
This week's featured article: ISMP Call to Action: Resist the Land of Not Yet and Distribute Free NurseAdviseERR® to All Nurses
Acute Care
Volume 24, Issue 11
This week's featured article: Independent Double Checks: Worth the Effort if Used Judiciously and Properly
Acute Care
Volume 24, Issue 10
This week's featured article: Dangerous Wrong-Route Errors with Tranexamic Acid – A Major Cause for Concern