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:
- Mix-ups between the paediatric and adult formulations of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines
- Mix-ups between the COVID-19 vaccines or boosters and the 2021-2022 influenza (flu) vaccines
- EPINEPHrine administered instead of the COVID-19 vaccine
- Preparation errors with the Pfizer-BioNTech purple cap or grey cap COVID-19 vaccines
- Errors and delays with hypertonic sodium chloride
- Errors with discontinued or paused infusions
- Infection transmission with shared glucometers, fingerstick devices, and insulin pens
- Adverse glycaemic event errors
- Every organisation needs a medication safety officer
- Increasing error reporting
Start the year off right by addressing these top 10 medication safety concerns from 2021 (27 January 2022)
https://www.ismp.org/resources/start-year-right-addressing-these-top-10-medication-safety-concerns-2021
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