Survey shows room for improvement with three new best practices for hospitals.

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Survey shows room for improvement with three new best practices for hospitals.

May 18, 2022

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. May 5, 2022;27(9):1-5.

Practice changes take time to be fully incorporated into daily work. This article shares survey results examining how hospitals implement best practices to enhance the safe use of oxytocin, improve vaccine administration through bar coding, and deploy multifaceted strategies to reduce high-alert medication errors. Gaps in uptake were reviewed and recommendations for improvement shared.

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