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About Us Institute For Safe Medication Practices

WebAbout Us. The world’s foremost non-profit organization educating the healthcare community and consumers about safe medication practices. The Institute for Safe Medication …

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ISMP Announces Three Additions to 2024-2025 Targeted …

WebHealthcare organizations deciding on where to focus their medication safety efforts over the next two years now have updated recommendations from the Institute for Safe …

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Three New Best Practices in the 2022-2023 Targeted …

WebISMP has released its 2022-2023 Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals.The purpose of these Best Practices is to identify, inspire, and mobilize …

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Three New Best Practices in the 2024-2025 Targeted …

WebISMP has released its 2024-2025 Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals, whose purpose is to identify, inspire, and mobilize widespread, national adoption of …

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Patients with Low Health Literacy Make More Errors …

WebProblem: Whether limited by knowledge, socioeconomic factors, emotional or clinical state, or cultural background, the patient’s level of health literacy—the ability to …

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Disrespectful Behavior in HealthcareHave We Made Any …

WebBullying, incivility, intimidation, and other forms of disrespectful behavior have run rampant in healthcare, allowed to exist while many remain silent or make excuses—“That’s just the …

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High-Reliability Organizations (HROs): What They Know …

WebCulture is defined as a pattern of shared basic assumptions about the organization's values (what is important), beliefs (how things work), and behaviors (the …

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Emergency Preparedness: Be Ready for Unanticipated …

WebProblem: In its accreditation manual for hospitals, The Joint Commission (TJC) describes an “emergency” as an incident that often occurs rapidly without notice, …

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Introducing ECRI, the Most Trusted Voice in Healthcare

WebECRI (@ECRI_Org) is the most trusted voice in healthcare. Check us out: www.ecri.org. ECRI is an independent, nonprofit organization improving the safety, quality, and cost …

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Understanding Human Over-Reliance on Technology

WebLimit human-computer interfaces. Organizations should continue to enable all technology to communicate seamlessly, thereby limiting the need for human interaction with the …

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Disrespectful Behaviors and Their Negative Effects in Healthcare

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Minimizing Distractions and Interruptions During Medication …

WebProblem: A distraction occurs when an individual’s attention is drawn away from one task to a different task, or when they are trying to work on multiple tasks at the …

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High-alert medication list for acute care settings updated for …

WebA hospital reported a close call with two high-alert medications when potassium chloride for injection concentrate (500 mEq/250 mL) was found in the heparin …

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Guidelines Institute For Safe Medication Practices

WebFinal statements are developed by consensus decision making. Institute for Safe Medication Practices. 5200 Butler Pike. Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462. (215) 947-7797. ISMP …

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Medical Abbreviations That Have Contradictory or Ambiguous …

WebISMP would like to thank Neil M. Davis, PharmD, MS, FASHP, for authoring this article. The author can be reached at: [email protected] for any comments or questions. Introduction. …

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Drug diversion in healthcare

Webhelp. too busy, or the inability to find someone to wit-ness waste. When confronted with these hurdles, having a clear understanding of the proper steps for wasting controlled …

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Just Culture, Medication Error Prevention, and Second Victim …

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Laura Mark PharmD, MS, MHM, FASHP, FABC

WebInstitute for Safe Medication Practices. 5200 Butler Pike. Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462. (215) 947-7797. Laura is Vice President of Pharmacy for Allegheny Health Network. In …

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