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MAY 30, 2018

Some Yeses, Some Nos in New ICU Guidelines

The literature abounds with evidence that implementing medication safety strategies can significantly reduce the risk for medication errors and potentially serious adverse drug events. But are these strategies equally effective for patients in the ICU?

The answer is clearly yes for some strategies, according to a new ICU medication safety guideline from the Society of Critical Care Medicine (Crit Care Med 2017;45[9]:1546-1551).

However, many highly regarded medication safety