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The Institute for safe medication practices Canada (ISMP Canada ) is an independent national nonprofit agency established for the collection and analysis of medication error reports and the development of recommendations for the enhancement of patient Safety . The Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada (HIROC) is a member-owned expert provider of professional and general liability coverage and risk management support. ISMP Canada Safety BulletinVolume 6, Issue 4 July 16, 2006C A N AD AThe use of some abbreviations, symbols, and dose designations has been identified as an underlying cause of serious, even fatal medication errors. The following three examples illustrate abbreviations in common use that were involved in medication errors reported to ISMP Canada . ISMP Canada , the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation, and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute will be undertaking joint initiatives to eliminate the use of dangerous abbreviations, symbols and dose designations in health care to enhance the Safety of Canadian first steps toward eliminating dangerous abbreviations, symbols and dose designations are (i) identifying those known to be prone to errors and (ii) widely disseminating thi
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada) is an independent national nonprofit agency established for the collection and
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