ISMP Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Community Pharmacy.
ISMP Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Community Pharmacy. Institute for Safe Medication Practices: March 2025.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices: March 2025.
Community pharmacies are common providers of medication delivery that harbor process weaknesses affecting safety. This guidance shares evidence-based steps to address problems such as wrong patient errors and lack of consistent barcode system use in the community setting. New practices highlighted in 2025 focus on weight-based dosing, vaccine preparation and technology use in return-to-stock processes.