This month's main topic: Selected Medication Safety Risks to Manage in 2016 That Might Otherwise Fall Off the Radar Screen. Part II.
ISMP Medication Safety Alert!®
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The ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® Long-Term Care AdviseERR is a digital bulletin, published bi-monthly for practitioners who work in a long-term care facility or with long-term care residents.
Who reads this newsletter?
- Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Physicians
- Long-term care facility staff
- Anyone concerned with medication safety
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Volume 4, Issue 5
This month's main topic: Intravenous (IV) Infusion Therapy in the Long-Term Care Setting: Not Without Resident Safety Risks
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Volume 4, Issue 4
This month's main topic: Partially Filled Vials and Syringes in Sharps Containers are a Key Source of Drug Diversion
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Volume 4, Issue 3
This month's main topic: EPINEPHrine for Anaphylaxis: Autoinjector of 1 mg Vial or Ampul?
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Volume 4, Issue 2
This month's main topic: The Five Rights Cannot Stand Alone
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Volume 4, Issue 1
This month's main topic: Severe Harm and Death Associated with Medication Errors and Drug-Drug Interactions Involving Low-Dose Oral Methotrexate
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Volume 3, Issue 12
This month's main topic: That's The Way We Do Things Around Here! Your ACTIONS Speak Louder Than Words When It Comes To Resident Safety.
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Volume 3, Issue 11
This month's main topic: Delayed administration and contraindicated drugs place those with Parkinson's disease at risk
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Volume 3, Issue 10
This month's main topic: Recommendations to prevent vaccine errors Part 2: Analysis of ISMP Vaccines Errors Reporting Program
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Volume 3, Issue 9
This month's main topic: Confusion abounds! 2-year summary of the ISMP National Vaccine Error Reporting Program (Part I)
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Volume 3, Issue 8
This month's main topic: Safe disposal of controlled substances - A new long-term care approach
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Volume 3, Issue 7
This month's main topic: New and novel oral anticoagulants have no-so-novel risks
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Volume 3, Issue 6
This month's main topic: Independent double checks: Undervalued and misused
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Volume 3, Issue 5
This month's main topic: IV Infusion therapy in the long-term care setting: Not without resident safety risks
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Volume 3, Issue 4
This month's main topic: ENFit enteral devices are on their way... Important safety considerations in long-term care facilities.
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Volume 3, Issue 3
This month's main topic: Computerized Order Entry (e-prescribing) Survey: Part 2: Improving how systems are used
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Volume 3, Issue 2
This month's main topic: Mental slips and lapses: No one is immune
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Volume 3, Issue 1
This month's main topic: High-alert medication list...only effective when combined with risk-reduction strategies.