Survey suggests possible downward trend in identifying key drugs/drug classes as high-alert medications.
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. July 3, 2014;19:1-3,5-6.
This newsletter article describes the results of a survey of prescribers intended to determine high-alert medications. Of particular concern, fewer were labeled as such since the previous survey in 2012, with significant decreases in reports of injectable opioids and thrombolytics.