This week's featured article: Students Have a Key Role in a Culture of Safety: Analysis of Student -Associated Medication Incidents
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: $200.00/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: $288.00/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 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)
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 8
This week's featured article: Investigational Drugs: Product-Related Issues Pose Significant Challenges (Part I)
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 7
This week's featured article: Smart Pumps in Practice: Survey Results Reveal Widespread Use but Optimization Is Challenging
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 6
This week's featured article: FDA Guidance Needed to Assure Safe Labeling Practices by 503A and 503B Compounders
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 5
This week's featured article: Surgical Fires Caused by Skin Preps and Ointments: Rare but Dangerous and Preventable
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 4
The featured article: Safety with Nebulized Medications Requires an Interdisciplinary Team Approach
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 3
This week's featured article: Medication Errors During Insulin Administration for Patients with Hyperkalemia
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 2
This week's featured article: QuarterWatch (2 Years of Data Ending June 2017): Safety Signals for Pharmaceutical Contraceptives
Acute Care
Volume 23, Issue 1
This week's featured article: Drug Shortages Continue to Compromise Patient Care
Acute Care
Volume 22, Issue 25
This week's featured article: Celebrating the Heart & Soul of Medication Safety: ISMP Cheers Awards 20th Anniversary
Acute Care
Volume 22, Issue 24
This week's featured article: EHR-Smart Pump Interoperability Resulted in Electronic Documentation of Different Flow Rates
Acute Care
Volume 22, Issue 23
This week's featured article: ISMP Survey Shows Provider Text Messaging Often Runs Afoul of Patient Safety