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ISMP Guidance and Tools

Medication Safety Self Assessment® for High-Alert Medications
Self Assessments

Medication Safety Self Assessment® for High-Alert Medications

Assess the safety of systems and practices associated with up to 11 categories of medications.

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Guidelines for Optimizing Safe Subcutaneous Insulin Use in Adults
Guidelines

Guidelines for Optimizing Safe Subcutaneous Insulin Use in Adults

Address at-risk behaviors and unsafe practices in the inpatient setting and during transitions of care.

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Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Antithrombotic Therapy
Self Assessments

Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Antithrombotic Therapy

Designed to heighten awareness of safe practices related to the use of antithrombotic agents.

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Recommendations

Recommendations

Safe Management of Patients with an External Subcutaneous Insulin Pump During Hospitalization

Suggestions for developing policies, procedures, and associated documents.

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Safe Practice Guidelines for Adult IV Push Medications
Guidelines

Safe Practice Guidelines for Adult IV Push Medications

Best practice recommendations to standardize safe administration of parenteral IV push medications.

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Tools

Tools

Root Cause Analysis Workbook for Community/Ambulatory Pharmacy

A process-driven, system-based approach to investigation of the causes of a sentinel event.

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Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Oncology
Self Assessments

Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Oncology

Proactively identify opportunities for reducing patient harm from chemotherapeutic agents.

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Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Hospitals
Self Assessments

Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Hospitals

Designed to heighten awareness of distinguishing systems and practices in a safe hospital medication system.

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Guidelines

Guidelines

Guidelines for Timely Administration of Scheduled Medications (Acute)

For acute care organizations developing or revising policies and procedures.

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Guidelines

Guidelines

Guidelines for Standard Order Sets

Incorporate these elements when designing paper-based or electronic order sets.

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Tools

Tools

Key Elements of Medication Use

Medication use is a complex process that comprises the sub-processes of medication prescribing, order processing, dispensing, administration, and effects monitoring. The Key Elements of the Medicat...

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