Medication Safety Alert! June 2017

In this month's issue:

• Despite Technology, Verbal Orders Persist, Read Back is Not Widespread, and Errors Continue
• Oral chloral hydrate still used for pediatric procedural sedation
• ISMP Releases Guidelines on Safe Subcutaneous Insulin Use 
• Don't leave "Meds to Beds" prescription bags at bedside
• VinCRIStine extravasation unlikely with minibags
• What's in a name? The "-mab" drug name stem