This month's main topic: Drug Diversion—A Direct and Indirect Threat to Patient Safety
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.
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Browse Issues
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
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 21, Issue 2
This month's main topic: It is Time for a Change: Respond to Consumers’ Error Concerns with Empathy and Honesty
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 21, Issue 1
This month's main topic: Start the Year Off Right by Addressing These Top 5 Medication Safety Concerns from 2021
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 20, Issue 12
This month's main topic: Pump Up the Volume: Tips for Increasing Error Reporting and Decreasing Patient Harm
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 20, Issue 11
This month's main topic: Prevent Age-Related Mix-Ups of the COVID-19 Vaccines
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 20, Issue 10
This month's main topic: Mix-Ups Between the Influenza (Flu) Vaccines and COVID-19 Vaccines
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 20, Issue 9
This month's main topic: High-Alert Medication List…Only Effective when Combined with Risk-Reduction Strategies
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 20, Issue 8
This month's main topic: Ensuring the Safe Use of Automated Dispensing Technology: We Need Your Input!
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 20, Issue 7
This month's main topic: Screening for Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase (DPD) Deficiency in Fluorouracil Patients: Why Not?
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 20, Issue 6
This month's main topic: Identifying Color Additives in Regulated Drug Products
Community/Ambulatory
Volume 20, Issue 5
This month's main topic: Persistent Safety Hazards that all Community and Ambulatory Care Safety Programs Should Address