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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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ISMP Updates List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations
Revised Tool Can Help Healthcare Organizations Update Their Own “Do Not Use” Lists
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ISMP Announces Three Additions to 2024-2025 Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals
New Items Focus on Tranexamic Acid, Transitions in Care, and Vaccines
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ISMP Announces 2024 Just Culture Scholarship Recipient
Great River Health Receives Scholarship, Two Runner Up Teams
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ISMP Updates High-Alert Medication List
Changes Include Addition of Tranexamic Acid Injection
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Article appeared in Healthcare Hygiene Magazine May/June 2026 issue. By: Hillary Hei, MPH LSSGB CIC FAPIC, Senior Infection Preventionist, ECRI Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a major disr...
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For the second consecutive year, ECRI President and CEO Marcus Schabacker, MD, PhD, and Shannon Kooker, Vice President of Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety, have both been named to the Becker...
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