General High-Alert Medications Neuromuscular Blocking ...

Some high-alert medications have fewer self-assessment items than other larger categories of high-alert medications, so the total number of assessment items will vary based on which categories are chosen for analysis. The assessment includes general demographic questions. A few of the high-alert medication categories also have one or more drug ...

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ISMP Safe Practice Guidelines for Adult IV Push Medications

ISMP Safe Practice Guidelines for Adult IV Push Medications A compilation of safe practices from the ISMP Adult IV Push Medication Safety Summit

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FDA and ISMP Lists of Look-Alike Drug Names with ...

medication technology vendors. Any product label changes by manufac-turers require FDA approval. To promote standardization regarding which letters to present in uppercase, ISMP follows a tested methodology whenever possible called the CD3 rule.15 The methodology suggests working from the left of the drug name

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http://www.ismp.org/tools/donotcrush.pdf

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ISMP Guidelines for Safe Preparation of Compounded Sterile ...

ingredients, such as patient controlled analgesia infusions, single electrolyte infusions, bolus doses, or ... 1.Review currently employed quality control measures used to ensure the correct preparation of ... Drug Inventory Storage Assembling Products and Supplies for …

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Error Prone Abbreviations - Institute for Safe Medication ...

Abbreviations such as mg. or mL. with a period following the abbreviation mg mL The period is unnecessary and could be mistaken as the number 1 if written poorly Use mg, mL, etc. without a terminal period he abbreviations, symbols, and dose designations found in this table have been reported to ISMP through the ISMP

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2017 ISMP Guidelines for Optimizing Safe Subcutaneous ...

Diabetes mellitus is an increasingly common diagnosis encountered and ... with diabetes.10 The mortality rate in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis is about 5%, and for hyperosmolar hyperglycemic ... insulin orders (e.g., preprinted order forms, computerized order sets in electronic prescribing systems) ...

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Eliquis MEDICATION PRACTICES

Herbals or vitamins with blood-thinning traits (e.g., ginger, garlic, ginkgo biloba, alfalfa, anise, bilberry, St. John’s wort, feverfew, fish oil, vitamin E) Prescription medicines that should NOT be taken with Eliquis Tell your doctor and pharmacist about the medicines you take, since many medicines interact with Eliquis

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Medication Safety

administration system. The materials will help organizations understand the issues related to bar coding in health care, assess their readiness, and move towards an effective implementation. Contents Section 1.1provides a brief background on strategic planning for medication safety, which answers two basic questions: 1.

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2020-2021 ISMP Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices ...

Dispense vinCRIStine and other vinca alkaloids in a minibag of a compatible solution and not in a syringe. Rationale: The goal of this Best Practice is to ensure that vinca alkaloids are only administered by the intravenous route. Vinca alkaloids (vinBLAStine, vinorelbine, vinCRIStine,

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ISMP List of High-Alert Medications

created and periodically updates a list of potential high-alert medications. During June and July 2018, practitioners responded to an ISMP survey designed to identify which medications were most frequently considered high-alert medica - ti o ns.F u rh e, al v c d completeness, the clinical staff at ISMP and members of the ISMP advisory board

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THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE JOINT ... - Joint …

for managing high-alert and hazardous medications. l Medication management l High-alert medications l Hazardous medication l Labeling l Medication safety * Standards and EPs listed reflect those findings scored in the moderate/pattern through high/widespread categories and Immediate Threat to Health or Safety (ITHS).

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High-Alert Medications: Safe Practices - RN.com

Lists of High-Alert Medications ISMP creates and periodically updates a list of high-alert medications. The list is lengthy and includes categories of medications that are used only in specialized settings, such as anesthetics, chemotherapeutic agents, dialysis solutions, neuromuscular blocking agents, and radiocontrast agents.

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THE HOME VISIT CHECKLIST - California Department of Social ...

Sep 10, 2012 · Be alert to your surroundings. Anticipate potential problems. Keep a list of your credit card numbers in a safe place. Carry only enough money to get through the day. Maintain your car;. Make sure you have enough gas. Carry a cell phone. Obtain any history of clients to be visited (i.e., chemical abuse, history of violence, criminal

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Lesson 3: Calculations used when compounding medications

medications that could harm and in some cases even kill patients if the dose is miscalculated, you must use a method that will allow you to get the right answer every time. If you didn’t learn about dimensional analysis in your high school mathematics classes, it would be in your best interest to learn it now. Dimensional analysis is a method of

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