This week's featured article: Safety Enhancements Every Hospital Must Consider in Wake of Another Tragic Neuromuscular Blocker Event
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 23, Issue 25
This week's featured article: QuarterWatchTM (includes data through June 2018): Focus on Newly Approved Drugs
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 24
This week's featured article: Are National Efforts to Reduce Drug Name Confusion Paying Off?
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 23
This week's featured article: Part II: Survey Results Suggest Action is Needed to Improve Safety with Adult IV Push Medications
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 22
This week's featured article: Part I: Survey Results Show Unsafe Practices Persist with IV Push Medications
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 21
This week's featured article: Errors Due to the Presentation of Results on Accu-Chek Inform II and Possibly Other Glucometers
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 20
This week's featured article: Mix-ups Between Epidural Analgesia and IV Antibiotics in Labor and Delivery Units Continue to Cause Harm
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 19
This week's featured article: Ongoing Risk: Misconnections of Tracheostomy Pilot Balloon Ports with IV Infusions Can Result in Fatal Outcomes
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 18
This week's featured article: QuarterWatchTM (2017 Annual Report): Four Severe Adverse Events and the Leading Suspect Drugs
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 17
This week's featured article: High-Alert Medication Survey Results Lead to Several Changes for 2018
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 16
This week's featured article: Call to Action: Longstanding Strategies to Prevent Accidental Daily Methotrexate Dosing Must Be Implemented
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 15
This week's featured article: Students Have a Key Role in a Culture of Safety: Analysis of Student -Associated Medication Incidents
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 14
This week's featured article: Survey Results: Smart Pump Data Analytics - Pump Metrics that Should Be Monitored to Improve Safety
Acute Care
Volume 23, issue 13
This week's featured article: ISMP National Vaccine Errors Reporting Program Part II: Preparing for Immunization Activities and Campaigns
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 12
This week's featured article: ISMP National Vaccine Errors Reporting Program 2017 Analysis (Part I): Vaccine Errors Continue with Little Change
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 11
This week's featured article: Smart Pump Custom Concentrations without Hard "Low Concentration" Alerts Can Lead to Patient Harm
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 10
This week's featured article: QuarterWatch (Quarter 3 2017): Emerging Risks with Inhaled Medications Using the Ellipta Device, the Controversy with Antidepressants, and Loperamide Abuse
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 9
This week's featured article: Investigational Drugs: Strategies for Sponsors, FDA, and Clinical Sites to Prevent Product-Related Errors (Part II)