Start the year off right by addressing these top 10 medication safety concerns from 2021 (27 January 2022)

Summary

This blog by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices identifies ten medication safety concerns in the US from 2021 that still need to be addressed. These concerns are:

1. Mix-ups between the paediatric and adult formulations of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines
2. Mix-ups between the COVID-19 vaccines or boosters and the 2021-2022 influenza (flu) vaccines
3. EPINEPHrine administered instead of the COVID-19 vaccine
4. Preparation errors with the Pfizer-BioNTech purple cap or grey cap COVID-19 vaccines
5. Errors and delays with hypertonic sodium chloride
6. Errors with discontinued or paused infusions
7. Infection transmission with shared glucometers, fingerstick devices, and insulin pens
8. Adverse glycaemic event errors
9. Every organisation needs a medication safety officer
10. Increasing error reporting