The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has added three new items to its Targeted Medication Safety Practices for Hospitals for 2018 to 2019. The new recommendations are aimed at eliminating lethal use of fentanyl patches in opioid-naive patients and severe necrosis from IV administration of promethazine, and making hospitals more proactive in their approach to medication safety.
Addressing Transdermal Fentanyl Use
During a recent webinar, Darryl Rich, PharmD, MBA, a