Add “pandemic nursing” to the list of COVID-19 threats to medication safety. The practice pressure has led to at least one lethal drug error in a hospital scrambling to cope with a surge in cases, according to a new report from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP).
The ISMP’s Medication Safety Alert included details about a nurse working at a hospital where the death occurred. “The nurse works in a busy ICU treating about 20 COVID-19 patients