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ECRI Releases 2024 List of Top Patient Safety Concerns

ECRI has released its annual report detailing top safety concerns for patients, which range from drug shortages to ...

APRIL 17, 2024

Drug Waste Reduction and Improving Patient Safety in the Hospital Setting: Quantifying the Problem and Implementing Real-World Solutions

This Special Report reviews the need for product size optimization at the hospital level; describes the available ...

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Keeping Surgical Patients Safe From Unintended Harm

Surgeons offer their perspective on keeping patient safe.

JUNE 27, 2022

At US Hospitals, a Drug Mix-Up Is Just a Few Keystrokes Away

Computerized medication cabinets are the way almost every U.S. hospital manages, tracks, and distributes dozens to ...

MAY 31, 2022

Ensuring Medication Safety With Tamper-Evident Products

This article describes the effects of diversion on the delivery of patient care and the benefits of using ...

JUNE 1, 2021

Coalition Slams White Bagging Push by Payors

White bagging is jeopardizing patient safety and exacerbating supply chain problems for hospitals and health ...

MAY 13, 2021

Patient Safety Gaps Still At ‘Unacceptable’ Levels

Patient safety is a public health issue that needs a total systems approach, and leaders must establish and ...

JULY 9, 2019

25 Years of Medication Safety: Part 2

We talk with Michael R. Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD(hon.), DPS(hon.), founder and president of the Institute for Safe ...

JANUARY 17, 2019

Building in Patient Safety

Anaheim—Ernest R. Anderson and Fred Massoomi talk about patient safety in the IV room during the ASHP Midyear ...

DECEMBER 3, 2018

I-PAss Checklist A Powerful Tool For Pt Handoffs

Pharmacists who use a structured method known as I-PAss for handing off patients to different providers can help ...

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Medi-Dose/EPS Announces TampAlerT Tamper-Evident Cap for ENFit Syringes

Medi-Dose Inc./EPS Inc. introduced its new TampAlerT tamper-evident cap for ENFit syringes, which further enhance ...

OCTOBER 23, 2017

FDA Approves Abuse Deterrent IR Oxycodone

RoxyBond is an abuse-deterrent oxycodone tablet indicated for the management of pain severe enough to require an ...

APRIL 28, 2017

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