This issue's main topic: Your Attention Please…Designing Effective Warnings
ISMP Medication Safety Alert!®
Long-Term Care AdviseERR
Providing a valuable resource to reduce medication error risk in the long-term care setting
The ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® Long-Term Care AdviseERR is a 3-4 page digital bulletin, published bi-monthly for practitioners who work in a long-term care facility or with long-term care patients.
Who reads this newsletter?
- Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Physicians
- Long-term care facility staff
- Anyone concerned with medication safety
Subscription Information
- Six (6) issues per year
- One-year subscription rate: $50.00
- Distributed via email on a bi-monthly basis
View a sample issue here.
Browse Issues
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Volume 7, Issue 2
This issue's main topic: Updated 2019 American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Beers Criteria Released Along with Key Principles to Optimize Their Use
Long-Term Care AdviseERR
Volume 7, Issue 1
This issue's main topic: Death Associated with Unnecessary Continuation of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis After Hospital Discharge
Long-Term Care AdviseERR
Volume 6, Issue 6
This issue's main topic: Errors due to the Presentation of Results on Accu-Chek Inform II and Possibly Other Glucometers
Long-Term Care AdviseERR
Volume 6, Issue 5
This issue's main topic: Right Medication, Wrong Resident
Long-Term Care AdviseERR
Volume 6, Issue 4
This issue's main topic: Safety with Nebulized Medications Used in Long-Term Care
Long-Term Care AdviseERR
Volume 6, Issue 3
This issue's main topic: Be Wary of "Misspeakers" Who "Shoot from the Hip"
Long-Term Care AdviseERR
Volume 6, Issue 2
This issue's main topic: Building Your Error Investigation Skills: Common Pitfalls When Conducting a Root Cause Analysis
Long-Term Care AdviseERR
Volume 6, Issue 1
This issue's main topic: ISMP Survey Shows Text Messaging in Healthcare Often Runs Afoul of Patient Safety
Long-Term Care AdviseERR
Volume 5, Issue 12
This month's main topic: Error-Prone Conditions that Lead to Student Nurse-Related Errors
Long-Term Care AdviseERR
Volume 5, Issue 11
This month's main topic: Problems Associated With the Use of U-500 Insulin Syringes
Long-Term Care AdviseERR
Volume 5, Issue 10
This month's main topic: ISMP Launches the First High-Alert Medication Safety Self Assessment for Inpatient, Outpatient and Long-Term Care Facilities
Long-Term Care AdviseERR
Volume 5, Issue 9
This month's main topic: Telling True Stories is an ISMP Hallmark. Here's Why You Should Tell Stories, Too..
Long-Term Care AdviseERR
Volume 5, Issue 8
This month's main topic: What's in a Generic Name? Clues About the Drug's Use and Possible Adverse Effects
Long-Term Care AdviseERR
Volume 5, Issue 7
This month's main topic: The Texting Debate: Beneficial Means of Communication or Safety and Security Risk?
Long-Term Care AdviseERR
Volume 5, Issue 6
This month's main topic: Despite Technology, Verbal Orders Persist, Read Back is Not Widespread, and Errors Continue
Long-Term Care AdviseERR
Volume 5, Issue 5
This month's main topic: Understanding Human Over-Reliance on Technology
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Volume 5, Issue 4
This month's main topic: Crushing or Splitting the Wrong Tablet Can Be a Deadly Error