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Start the year off right by preventing these top 10 medication errors and hazards from 2020.
February 10, 2021
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. January 27, 2021;26(2).
Medication safety is challenged by both persistent problems and emerging situations. This article summarizes reports of errors submitted voluntarily to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) in 2020. The set list includes both pandemic-related hazards and common problems such as use of abbreviations and opioid-naïve patient prescribing.
