Database/Directory SafeMedication.com. Citation Text: American Society of Health-system Pharmacists; ASHP Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL March 6, 2005 American Society of Health-system Pharmacists; ASHP SafeMedication.com features complete, easy-to-read information on more than 800 drugs. The site helps patients find the important information they need to use medications safely and effectively. Available at Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: American Society of Health-system Pharmacists; ASHP Copy Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Injectable Opioid Shortages: Suggestions for Management and Conservation. April 25, 2018 Policy Positions and Guidelines. March 6, 2005 Recommendations for Safe Use of Insulin in Hospitals. February 8, 2006 2005 Quest for Quality Prize. October 5, 2005 Medication safety issue brief. 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Potentially dangerous confusion between Bloxiverz (neostigmine) injection and Vazculep (phenylephrine) injection. April 1, 2015
Move toward full use of metric dosing: eliminate dosage cups that measure liquids in fluid drams. Use cups that measure mL. July 8, 2015
ASHP statement on bar-code verification during inventory, preparation, and dispensing of medications. March 9, 2011
Potential inaccuracy of electronically transmitted medication history information used for medication reconciliation. February 26, 2014
Warning! Severe burns and permanent scarring after glacial acetic acid (≥99.5%) mistakenly applied topically. February 6, 2013
Safe handling of concentrated electrolyte products from outsourcing facilities during critical drug shortages. June 13, 2018
Transitions of Care Consensus Policy Statement American College of Physicians-Society of General Internal Medicine-Society of Hospital Medicine-American Geriatrics Society-American College of Emergency Physicians-Society of Academic Emergency Medicine. April 22, 2009
Burnout and secondary traumatic stress in health-system pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic. June 30, 2021
Evaluation of policies limiting opioid exposure on opioid prescribing and patient pain in opioid-naive patients undergoing elective surgery in a large American health system. March 8, 2023
ASHP Guidelines on the Safe Use of Automated Compounding Devices for the Preparation of Parenteral Nutrition Admixtures. June 15, 2022
ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings: prescribing and transcribing-2019. September 30, 2020
ASHP National Survey of Pharmacy Practice in Hospital Settings: clinical services and workforce-2021. October 19, 2022
ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings: dispensing and administration—2017. October 31, 2018
Disclosure of unanticipated events: creating an effective patient communication policy (part 2 of 3). March 6, 2005
Disclosure of unanticipated events: the next step in better communication with patients (part 1 of 3). March 27, 2005
Strategies and tips for maximizing failure mode and effect analysis in your organization. March 27, 2005
American Geriatrics Society 2019 Updated AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults. June 12, 2019
Communication techniques for patients with low health literacy: a survey of physicians, nurses, and pharmacists. October 24, 2007
American Geriatrics Society 2023 updated AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults. August 16, 2023
Redeployment of health care workers in the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study of health system leaders' strategies. May 19, 2021
Assessment of health information technology-related outpatient diagnostic delays in the US Veterans Affairs health care system: a qualitative study of aggregated root cause analysis data. July 22, 2020
Corporate Responsibility and Health Care Quality: A Resource for Health Care Boards of Directors. July 18, 2007
Sequential implementation of the EQUIPPED geriatric medication safety program as a learning health system. September 9, 2020
Attending to the emotional well-being of the health care workforce in a New York City health system during the COVID-19 pandemic. August 26, 2020
Heatwaves, hospitals and health system resilience in England: a qualitative assessment of frontline perspectives from the hot summer of 2019. March 22, 2023
Impact of interoperability of smart infusion pumps and an electronic medical record in critical care. September 23, 2020
Rate of sepsis hospitalizations after misdiagnosis in adult emergency department patients: a look-forward analysis with administrative claims data using Symptom-Disease Pair Analysis of Diagnostic Error methodology in an integrated health system. May 12, 2021
Reporting of health information technology system-related patient safety incidents: the effects of organizational justice. October 6, 2021
Healthcare system-wide implementation of opioid-safety guideline recommendations: the case of urine drug screening and opioid-patient suicide- and overdose-related events in the Veterans Health Administration. April 5, 2017
Improving administration and documentation of enteral nutrition support therapy in a Veteran Affairs health care system: use of medication administration record and bar code scanning technology. February 1, 2023
Implicit racial bias, health care provider attitudes, and perceptions of health care quality among African American college students in Georgia, USA. January 18, 2023
Health care providers’ negative implicit attitudes and stereotypes of American Indians. March 31, 2021
Reduction in omission events after implementing a rapid response system: a mortality review in a department of gastrointestinal surgery. March 15, 2023
Patient safety monitoring in acute care in a decentralized national health care system: conceptual framework and initial set of actionable indicators. July 28, 2021
Learning from incident reporting? Analysis of incidents resulting in patient injuries in a web-based system in Swedish health care. December 9, 2020
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The physiology of failure: identifying risk factors for mortality in emergency general surgery patients using a regional health system integrated electronic medical record. September 7, 2022
A blueprint for success: implementation of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services mandated anesthesiology oversight for procedural sedation in a large health system. June 15, 2022
Exploring system features of primary care practices that promote better providers' clinical work satisfaction: a qualitative comparative analysis. May 18, 2022
Adherence to national guidelines for timeliness of test results communication to patients in the Veterans Affairs health care system. May 4, 2022
Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America. September 19, 2012
Health system redesign of cardiac monitoring oversight to optimize alarm management, safety, and staff engagement. December 14, 2022
Mature rapid response system and potentially avoidable cardiopulmonary arrests in hospital. August 22, 2007
Post-discharge adverse events among African American and Caucasian patients of an urban community hospital. July 15, 2020
Pharmacists reducing medication risk in medical outpatient clinics: a retrospective study of 18 clinics. March 8, 2023
Chemotherapy regimen checks performed by pharmacists contribute to safe administration of chemotherapy. December 2, 2015
Development and performance evaluation of the Medicines Optimisation Assessment Tool (MOAT): a prognostic model to target hospital pharmacists' input to prevent medication-related problems. July 31, 2019
Effect of social influences on pharmacists' intention to report adverse drug events. October 17, 2012
FDA alerts patients and health care professionals of EpiPen auto-injector errors related to device malfunctions and user administration. April 8, 2020
Using a spare medication vial to store multiple medications: a potentially fatal in-home medication error. March 6, 2019
Tackling ambulatory safety risks through patient engagement: what 10,000 patients and families say about safety-related knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes after reading visit notes. June 6, 2018