Implement strategies to prevent persistent medication errors and hazards: 2024.

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Implement strategies to prevent persistent medication errors and hazards: 2024.

April 3, 2024

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care. 2024;29(6):1-4.

Systemic failures can perpetuate unsafe care if a lack of prioritization distracts from efforts to address them. This article aims to renew attention to parenteral syringe misuse, clinical resource shortages, and barcode scanning workaround acceptance as key contributors to medication error and provides recommendations to reduce risk in these three areas.

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