ISMP
New Community Pharmacy Safety Best Practices
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices released three new best practices for improving drug safety in ...
AUGUST 14, 2025
AI and Cyberattacks Ranked as Significant Threats to Patient Safety
Among the top 10 patient safety concerns facing the healthcare industry in 2025, as ranked by ECRI and ISMP in a ...
MAY 2, 2025
ISMP Issues Medication Safety Tips to Heed For Specialty Pharmacy
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices took its safety message on the road at the NASP 2024 Annual Meeting ...
APRIL 25, 2025
Dynamic Search Would Boost ADC Safety: ISMP
Automated dispensing cabinets should have dynamic search configurations that only return one medication rather than ...
APRIL 2, 2025
ISMP: Attending to Human Factors Would Increase Medication Safety
The most common error reported to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Medication Errors Reporting Program ...
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Dynamic Search Function Could Prevent ADC Drug Errors
Automated dispensing cabinet vendors should incorporate dynamic search capabilities to prevent medication errors ...
OCTOBER 3, 2024
A Systems Approach to Advancing Medication Safety
Reducing the risk for adverse events in hospitalized patients is as challenging as it was more than three decades ...
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
ISMP Updates Often Confused Drug Names List
The ISMP has updated its list of drug names that are often confused, with more than 80 name pairs added since the ...
JULY 28, 2023
ISMP Updates Recommendations for Tall Man Lettering for Drug Names
ISMP updated its list of drug names with tall man (mixed case) letters based on the results of a survey of ...
APRIL 4, 2023
COVID-19 Vaccine Mix-Ups: What Pharms Can Do
ISMP has received multiple reports of mix-ups between the pediatric formulations of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID ...
JANUARY 14, 2022
ISMP Launches COVID-19 Safety Alerts
COVID-19-related topics range from the safe use of metered-dose inhaler common canister protocols to safeguarding ...
MARCH 31, 2020
FDA: High Risk for Suicide From Abrupt Opioid Discontinuation
Patients with a physical dependence on opioids can suffer worsening or uncontrolled pain, psychological distress, ...
APRIL 11, 2019
