The Institute for Safe Medication Practices has updated guidelines in an effort to improve how medication information is communicated through EHRs. The revised “Guidelines for Safe Electronic ...
On May 12, 2016, OSHA published the final version of new workplace injury reporting rules intended to “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses.” Among other changes, the rules clarify the ...
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 ...
Proper medication management is essential to maintain quality and patient safety in a healthcare organization. A key element of medication management is medication storage, which includes security, ...
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 ...