Medication Safety Alert! January 2019

In this month's issue:

• Errors Due to the Presentation of Results on Accu-Chek Inform II and Possibly Other Glucometers
• what’s in a Name? The “-oxacin” drug name stem
• Give thought to how “thousand” and “million” are expressed
• Phenylephrine overdose
• FDA cautions on misuse of pen needles
• ISMP now accepting Fellowship applications
• 1 hour of FREE nursing CE