“The Guiding Principles were also shaped by lived and living experience at every single stage – and were created to empower ...

The ISMP guidelines are not designed to be adopted unchanged by hospitals to represent the hospital's medication administration policies. Instead, the ISMP believes that each hospital (through an ...

To increase medication safety in oncology, checking procedures are increasingly applied by nurses, physicians, and pharmacists. However, little is known about the number, types, and consistency of ...

Medication safety is a cornerstone of nursing practice, directly impacting patient outcomes and trust. From mastering pharmacology concepts to applying the expanded 'rights' of administration, nurses ...

WESH 2 News Investigates continues to look into the problems of patients who can't get pain killing medication that's been prescribed to them.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled a ...

ADVERTORIAL Medication errors remain a persistent and costly challenge in post-acute and long term care (LTC). Estimates ...

New guidance published in Anaesthesia (the journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) provides clear advice to reduce avoidable errors on all steps of the pathway involving injectable medications ...

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices published a guideline for drugs used during procedures, the first document of its kind, Aug. 11. It’s a “unique” set of guidelines, the ISMP said, because ...

Ideal Weight Rx Inc released a detailed safety guide on weight loss medication side effects, including Tirzepatide. The guide ...

In 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued Appendix A, Survey Protocol, Regulations and Interpretive Guidance for Hospitals, which spells out the conditions of participation ...