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MAY 15, 2024

Safety solutions from Rita K. Jew, PharmD

Parenteral Nutrition is a High-Alert Medication: ISMP President

By Bruce Buckley
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Rita K. Jew, PharmD

Can food cause harm? That’s the provocative question Rita K. Jew, PharmD, MBA, BCPPS, asked during her keynote address at the ASPEN 2024 Nutrition Science & Practice Conference, in Tampa, Fla.

Dr. Jew, the president of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), was specifically referring to the macro- and micronutrients compounded into parenteral nutrition (PN) solutions. Her answer, which she made clear in a series of graphic cases drawn