Medication Safety Alert! November 2019

In this month's issue:

• Speaking Up about Patient Safety Requires an Observant Questioner and a High Index of Suspicion
• what’s in a Name? The “-navir”drug name stem
• LevETIRAcetam premix strengths hard to tell apart
• Insulin and tranexamic acid mix-up
• Dangerous abbreviation: IT
• Fiasp confused with NovoLOG
• Hepatitis C vial contamination despite using sterile needles and syringes