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ISMP Newsletters 2022
 Acute Care Newsletter
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January 13 - Vol. 27 Issue. 1
"2022 ushers in the beginning of a new era at ISMP" 

January 27 - Vol. 27 Issue. 2
"Start the year off right by addressing these Top 10 Medication Safety Concerns from 2021"

February 10 - Vol. 27 Issue. 3
"Three new Best Practices in the 2022-2023 Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals"

February 24 - Vol. 27 Issue. 4
"Survey suggests disrespectful behaviors persist in healthcare"

March 10 - Vol. 27 Issue. 5
"Addressing disrespectful behaviors and creating a respectful, healthy workplace–Part II"

March 24 - Vol. 27 Issue. 6
"Analysis identifies multiple common causes of norepinephrine errors"

April 7 - Vol. 27 Issue. 7
"Criminalization of human error and a guilty verdict: A travesty of justice that threatens patient safety"

April 21 - Vol. 27 Issue. 8
"Personal practice changes practitioners would make after learning firsthand about medication errors at ISMP"

May 5 - Vol. 27 Issue. 9
"Survey shows room for improvement with three new Best Practices for hospitals"

May 19 - Vol. 27 Issue. 10
"Are you well positioned to resolve conflicts with the safety of an order? Learning from a physician’s homicide trial and the firing of multiple healthcare workers"

June 2 - Vol. 27 Issue. 11
"Adopt strategies to manage look-alike and/or sound-alike medication name mix-ups"

June 16 - Vol. 27 Issue. 12
"A  comprehensive, proactive plan is needed to mitigate risk when changing drug concentrations"

June 30 - Vol. 27 Issue. 13
"Numerous wrong dose errors with Paxlovid"

July 14 - Vol. 27 Issue. 14
"Medication orders with future start dates: How far away is too far?"

July 28 - Vol. 27 Issue. 15
"Prevent uncontrolled, rapid infusion rates: Confirm infusions are connected to pumps before opening the clamp!"

August 11 - Vol. 27 Issue. 16
"An interview: Success with barcode scanning to enhance perioperative medication safety"

August 25 - Vol. 27 Issue. 17
"Emergency preparedness: Be ready for unanticipated EHR downtime"

September 8 - Vol. 27 Issue. 18
"Explore our updated ConsumerMedSafety.org website"

September 22 - Vol. 27 Issue. 19
"ISMP National Vaccine Errors Reporting Program: 2020-2021 analysis focuses on age-related, non-COVID-19 vaccine errors"

October 6 - Vol. 27 Issue. 20
"Survey results from pharmacists provide support to enhance the organizational response to codes"

October 20 - Vol. 27 Issue. 21
"Safety considerations for challenges when using smart infusion pumps"

November 3 - Vol. 27 Issue. 22
"California Medication Error Reduction Plan: Time for regulators and accreditors to adopt similar initiatives"

November 17 - Vol. 27 Issue. 23
"Preventing errors when preparing and administering medications via enteral feeding tubes"

December 1 - Vol. 27 Issue. 24
"Prevent administration of ear drops into the eyes"

December 15 - Vol. 27 Issue. 25
"Walking the Red Carpet with Safety Stars"

January - Vol. 21 Issue. 1
"Start the year off right by addressing these Top 5 Medication Safety Concerns from 2021"

February - Vol. 21 Issue. 2
"It is time for a change: Respond to consumers' error concerns with empathy and honesty"

March - Vol. 21 Issue. 3
"Disrespectful behaviors and their negative effects in healthcare"

April - Vol. 21 Issue. 4
"Wrong directions - mL instead of mg - provided on the prescription label for pediatric propranolol oral liquid"

May - Vol. 21 Issue. 5
"Personal practice changes practitioners would make after learning firsthand about medication errors at ISMP"

June - Vol. 21 Issue. 6
"Numerous wrong dose errors with Paxlovid"

July - Vol. 21 Issue. 7
"Survey results: Practitioners speak up about the persistence of disrespectful behaviors in healthcare"

August - Vol. 21 Issue. 8
"Workflow vulnerability leads to missed drug-drug interaction"

September - Vol. 21 Issue. 9
"ISMP National Vaccine Errors Reporting Program: 2020-2021 analysis focuses on age-related, non-Covid-19 vaccine errors"

October - Vol. 21 Issue. 10
"Drug diversion–A direct and indirect threat to patient safety"

November - Vol. 21 Issue. 11
"Addressing disrespectful behaviors and creating a respectful, healthy workplace"

December - Vol. 21 Issue. 12
"Packaging changes and clinical decision support needed to help prevent mix-ups between adult and pediatric Biktarvy products"

 

January - Vol. 20 Issue. 1
"Pump up the volume: Tips for increasing error reporting and decreasing patient harm"

February - Vol. 20 Issue. 2
"2022 ushers in the beginning of a new era at ISMP"

March - Vol. 20 Issue. 3
"Survey suggests disrespectful behaviors persist in healthcare Practitioners speak up (yet again)—Part I"

April - Vol. 20 Issue. 4
"Criminalization of human error and a guilty verdict: A travesty of justice that threatens patient safety"

May - Vol. 20 Issue. 5
"Addressing disrespectful behaviors and creating a respectful, healthy workplace–Part II"

June - Vol. 20 Issue. 6
"Challenges with requiring five characters during ADC drug searches via override"

July - Vol. 20 Issue. 7
"Adverse glycemic events and critical emergencies"

August - Vol. 20 Issue. 8
"Prevent errors during emergency use of hypertonic sodium chloride solutions"

September - Vol. 20 Issue. 9
"Prevent uncontrolled, rapid infusion rates: Confirm infusions are connected to pumps before opening the clamp!"

October - Vol. 20 Issue. 10
"Explore our updated ConsumerMedSafety.org website"

November - Vol. 20 Issue. 11
"Emergency preparedness: Be ready for unanticipated 
electronic health record (EHR) downtime"

 

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