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ISMP Announces 2025 Just Culture Scholarship Recipients
Leaders Chosen from Muscogee (Creek) Nation Medical Center, St. Joseph’s Health, Philadelphia FIGHT The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has awarded the 2025 Judy Smetzer Just Cultur...
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ISMP Announces 27th Annual Cheers Award Recipients
Awardees Focused on Vaccine Safety, Opioid Management, Technology The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is proud to announce the 27th Annual Cheers Award winners, who have worked to si...
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ISMP Releases Bi-Annual Report on Vaccination Errors that Reveals Mistakes with Newer Vaccines
As this year’s cold and flu season is underway and new COVID variants continue to emerge, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is raising awareness that more needs to be done to reduc...
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ISMP Welcomes Jana O’Hara as New Director of Consulting and Education
Organization also Congratulates Two Longtime Nurse Leaders on Retirement
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The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has received a report of a Hikma premixed IV product with an overwrap labeled acetaminophen injection that may have contained a dexmedeTOMIDine fo...
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ISMP Issues Call to Action to Prevent Errors with Automated Dispensing Cabinets
Standardization and Smarter Logic Needed to Prevent Drug Name Selection Errors
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Marcus Schabacker, MD, PhD November 21, 2025 The current scientific consensus, backed by decades of epidemiologic research, is that vaccination is not associated with autism. Attempting to counter...
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Patient Safety Practices to Prevent Nonventilator Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
ECRI analysis by Evidence-Based Practice Center covers oral care, dysphagia management, prevention bundles Nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP) is among the most prevalent healthcare-...
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National Academy of Medicine meeting features ECRI leaders and insights on falls prevention
ECRI leaders were invited to share insights on persistent challenges and opportunities in patient safety at a National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Leadership Consortium meeting, “The Future of Patien...
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