Recommendations 08/23/2018

High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings

Medications requiring special safeguards to reduce the risk of errors and minimize harm.

Service

Data Analysis and Coaching

ISMP leverages multidisciplinary expertise across hundreds of similar healthcare facilities to provide customized guidance on effective use of medication safety data.

04/04/2013

Your High-Alert Medication List—Relatively Useless Without Associated Risk-Reduction Strategies

Self Assessments 01/25/2018

Medication Safety Self Assessment® for High-Alert Medications

Assess the safety of systems and practices associated with up to 11 categories of medications.

07/03/2014

Survey Suggests Possible Downward Trend in Identifying Key Drugs/Drug Classes as High-Alert Medications

Self Assessments 01/23/2012

Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Oncology

Proactively identify opportunities for reducing patient harm from chemotherapeutic agents.

11/03/2016

Chloral Hydrate: Is It Still Being Used? Are There Safer Alternatives?

Recommendations 11/20/2017

High-Alert Medications in Long-Term Care (LTC) Settings

Medications requiring special safeguards to reduce the risk of errors and minimize harm.

Recommendations 01/31/2011

High-Alert Medications in Community/Ambulatory Settings

Medications requiring special safeguards to reduce the risk of errors and minimize harm.