The focus of this year’s World Patient Safety Day is medication safety. For a list of key ISMP resources for error prevention and a video of ISMP experts discussing international safety challenges, visit: https://www.ismp.org/world-patient-safety-day
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MSOS members can purchase the recently updated ASHP/ISMP Medication Safety Certificate at the ASHP member price of $445 ($545 for non-members) through December 31, 2022 using discount code MSC22MSOS: https://www.ismp.org/node/770
This week’s featured ISMP newsletter article helps healthcare organizations strengthen their plan for when an EHR goes down unexpectedly: https://www.ismp.org/node/34220
Join us on Monday, August 29, 2022, from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm ET for our next MSOS Membership Briefing webinar entitled, How “Smart” Are IV Smart Infusion Pumps? Two nursing researchers will discuss the expected and unexpected outcomes related to administering medications using infusion devices. To register, visit: https://ecri.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3wWhPu8HRmGZZtjmSyISHA
Hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and other surgical and procedural settings can use ISMP’s new guidelines to help identify and mitigate risks! The guidelines address medication storage and labeling across all phases of care, challenge common practices that limit protections offered by safety technologies, and support use of barcode scanning. Visit: https://www.ismp.org/node/31601