This month's main topic: Prevent Administration of Ear Drops into the Eyes
ISMP Medication Safety Alert!®
Community/Ambulatory
A valuable resource to reduce medication error risk in outpatient settings
The ISMP Medication Safety Alert!®Community/Ambulatory Care is a digital newsletter, published monthly for healthcare practitioners in ambulatory settings, including community pharmacies, specialty pharmacies, outpatient clinics, physician offices, and state institutions.
Who reads this newsletter?
- Community/ambulatory/specialty care pharmacists
- Pharmacy managers and executives
- Pharmacy technicians and other pharmacy staff
- Physicians and nurses in ambulatory practice
- Anyone concerned with medication safety
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Online access to twelve (12) 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.
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No redistribution is permitted
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Subscription Information for healthcare organizations (e.g. hospitals, clinics, pharmacies)
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$105.00 per year
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Browse Issues
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 22, Issue 7
This month's main topic: Ensuring Competency and Safety When Onboarding Newly Hired Professional Staff
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 22, Issue 6
This month's main topic: Design Systems to Manage REMS Programs and Maximize Their Potential to Reduce the Risk of Errors
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 22, Issue 5
This month's main topic: Shipping and Delivery Errors - Part II
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 22, Issue 4
This month's main topic: ISMP Launches the 2023-24 Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Community Pharmacy
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 22, Issue 3
This month's main topic: Pump Up the Volume: How to Prioritize Events and Analyze Error Data
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 22, Issue 2
This month's main topic: Shipping and Delivery Errors—Part I
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 22, Issue 1
This month's main topic: ISMP Updates Its List of Drug Names with Tall Man (Mixed Case) Letters Based on Survey Results
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 21, Issue 12
This month's main topic: Packaging Changes and Clinical Decision Support Needed to Help Prevent Mix-ups between Adult and Pediatric Biktarvy Products
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 21, Issue 11
This month's main topic: Addressing Disrespectful Behaviors and Creating a Respectful, Healthy Workplace
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 21, Issue 10
This month's main topic: Drug Diversion—A Direct and Indirect Threat to Patient Safety
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 21, Issue 9
This month's main topic: ISMP National Vaccine Errors Reporting Program: 2020-2021 Analysis Focuses on Age-Related, Non-Covid-19 Vaccine Errors
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 21, Issue 8
This month's main topic: Workflow Vulnerability Leads to Missed Drug-Drug Interaction
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 21, Issue 7
This month's main topic: Survey results: Practitioners Speak Up about the Persistence of Disrespectful Behaviors in Healthcare
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 21, Issue 6
This month's main topic: Numerous Wrong Dose Errors with PAXLOVID
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 21, Issue 5
This month's main topic: Personal Practice Changes Practitioners Would Make after Learning Firsthand about Medication Errors at ISMP
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 21, Issue 4
This month's main topic: Wrong Directions–mL Instead of mg–Provided on the Prescription Label of Pediatric Propranolol Oral Liquid
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 21, Issue 3
This month's main topic: Disrespectful Behaviors and Their Negative Effects in Healthcare