Orlando, Fla.—Drug safety experts took direct aim at adverse events and errors associated with insulin and opioids in presentations at the ASHP 2017 Midyear Clinical Meeting. Those two classes of drugs were the ones most frequently linked with mistakes reported to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) in 2017, with the insulin mishaps prompting new guidelines for safer practices in adult inpatients (sidebar).
“ISMP’s focus on insulin and opioids seems to be well