This issue's featured article: Be on the Lookout for Mix-ups with Medicines that Share Similar Letters
ISMP Medication Safety Alert!®
Consumer Safe Medicine
Protect yourself and your loved ones from medication errors with a newsletter written just for you
In 2023, we will phase out the production of ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Safe Medicine. Therefore, we will not be accepting new subscriptions or renewals, effective immediately.
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The ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® Safe Medicine is unique among consumer health education newsletters because it focuses on the prevention of medication errors. Every other month, Safe Medicine™ teaches consumers how to become active partners with their healthcare practitioners and take a leading role in preventing medication errors.
Healthcare organizations, health insurers, physician practices, pharmacies, and other organizations are encouraged to purchase the content to share with their patients and employees. Safe Medicine™ adds value to your organization's existing health education program by supplying much-needed information about a critical issue in healthcare -- medication errors
Benefits of a subscription
- Easy-to-read articles presented in just two to three pages
- Available in a convenient electronic format
- Provides practical advice from the most trusted source of information about preventing mistakes with medicines
The Safe Medicine newsletter can be distributed by:
- Ambulatory healthcare facilities
- Clinics
- Business coalitions
- Employers
- Health insurance companies
- Physician practices
- Pharmacies
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Six (6) issues per year distributed bi-monthly via email. 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.
To purchase a subscription for your employees, contact ISMP for pricing.
Browse Issues
Consumer Safe Medicine
Volume 21, Issue 2
This issue's featured article: Change in Medicine Dose May Not Have Been Updated in the Pharmacy
Consumer Safe Medicine
Volume 21, Issue 1
This issue's featured article: Having trouble finding medicines for children who have colds or the flu?
Consumer Safe Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 6
This issue's featured article: Forgetting your Medicines Can Spoil the Holidays
Consumer Safe Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 5
This issue's featured article: Tricky Dosing for an Important COVID-19 Medicine
Consumer Safe Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 4
This issue's featured article: Take a Tour of ISMP’s Updated Consumer Website: ConsumerMedSafety.org
Consumer Safe Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 3
This issue's featured article: Worth repeating… Safety Concerns Regarding the Infant Formula Shortage
Consumer Safe Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 2
This issue's featured article: Using Color to Identify Your Medicine Can Result in an Error
Consumer Safe Medicine
Volume 20, Issue 1
This issue's featured article: How Children Frequently Get into Medicines: Child-Resistant Caps That are Not Childproof, Accessible Medicines, and Climbing
Consumer Safe Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 6
This issue's featured article: Mix-ups Between the Influenza (Flu) Vaccine and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccines
Consumer Safe Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 5
This issue's featured article: Parents Staying with Their Hospitalized Child Can Help Detect Some Errors – But May Contribute to Others
Consumer Safe Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 4
This issue's featured article: Protect Your Pet from Errors with Medicines
Consumer Safe Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 3
This issue's featured article: Excuse Me, I Think There is an Error with My Prescription: Pharmacy Staff Should Respond with Honesty, Compassion, and Respect
Consumer Safe Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 2
This issue's featured article: Don’t Mix Up Concentrated “Ibuprofen Infant Drops” with “Children’s Ibuprofen”
Consumer Safe Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 1
This issue's featured article: Avoid Shoulder Injuries During COVID-19 and Other Intramuscular Vaccinations
Consumer Safe Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 6
This issue's featured article: Calcium Supplements and Certain Medicines Should Be Taken a Few hours Apart
Consumer Safe Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 5
This issue's featured article: Protect Your Health During the Flu Season
Consumer Safe Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 4
This issue's featured article: FDA Promotes Broader Access to Naloxone for Treatment of Opioid Overdose