On October 8, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1286 (AB 1286), a sweeping pharmacy measure with several components aimed at promoting patient safety. Chief among AB 1286’s mandates is ...
The last element of the 5 Rs -- right time -- has often been governed by the "30-minute medication rule." For as long as many nurses can remember, every hospital, unit, and nurse has passed ...
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices outlined 15 strategies for reducing medication errors in clinical settings in its 2026-2027 “Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals.” The ...
A new report from Griffith University has found that fragmented medication systems in Australian aged care are driving high rates of medication discrepancies and avoidable hospital admissions—costing ...
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), an ECRI company, released an updated version of its Guidelines for Safe Electronic Communication of Medication Information aimed at addressing the ...
The ISMP Medication Errors Reporting Program (ISMP-MERP) database contains hundreds of cases of accidental mix-ups between adult and pediatric products used to immunize patients against diphtheria, ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Monday (2 April) it has formalized an existing relationship with the Institute for Safe Medication Practice (ISMP) to help protect consumers from ...
Objective To explore healthcare professionals’ experiences with medication errors (MEs) in terms of types and factors that contribute to them. Design A mixed-methods study was conducted to explore the ...
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