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JANUARY 25, 2022

As fatal harms and errors continue …

ISMP Adds New Medication Safety Best Practices

By David Wild

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is introducing three new Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for 2022-2023 that should help hospitals prevent errors with oxytocin and high-alert medications and reduce medication use errors by expanding barcode administration to non-inpatient areas.

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Christina Michalek, RPh, the administrative coordinator of ISMP’s Medication Safety Officers’ Society, shared the new best practices at the ASHP 2021 Midyear Clinical