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These resources are developed from ISMP's review of reports through its national error reporting programs, peer-reviewed articles in its publications, and/or consensus gathering summits on topics pertinent to specific errors or hazards. ISMP offers a wide range of downloadable and easy to use resources. Many are free.
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Detailed information for hospital leadership on the value a Medication Safety Officer can provide.
These Safety Posters are designed to promote medication safety in healthcare facilities.
Assess the safety of systems and practices associated with up to 11 categories of medications.
Hear ISMP experts discuss current medication safety concerns and offer practical error prevention recommendations.
Article describes how to tell the difference between side effects and allergies and provides tips on how to treat them.
Address at-risk behaviors and unsafe practices in the inpatient setting and during transitions of care.
Strategies for healthcare practitioners to avoid fatal HYDROmorphone-morphine mix-ups.
Hear ISMP experts discuss current medication safety concerns and offer practical error prevention recommendations.
Designed to heighten awareness of safe practices related to the use of antithrombotic agents.
Use this guide to build and integrate the library with the electronic health record.
Proactively identify opportunities for reducing patient harm.
Drug name pairs and trios with bolded uppercase letters to help draw attention to the dissimilarities in look-alike drug names.
Suggestions for developing policies, procedures, and associated documents.
Prevent errors during pharmacy preparation of parenteral admixtures.
Hear ISMP experts discuss current medication safety concerns and offer practical error prevention recommendations.
The guide is designed to help clinical decision support implementers improve medication use and associated outcomes in their organizations.
Best practice recommendations to standardize safe administration of parenteral IV push medications.