Multi-use Website SafeMedicationUse.ca. Citation Text: Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada; ISMP Canada. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL July 28, 2010 Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada; ISMP Canada. This Web site facilitates consumer reporting of medication safety issues in Canada. Available at Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada; ISMP Canada. Copy Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) 2012 ISMP International Medication Safety Self Assessment for Oncology. April 18, 2012 Fluorouracil Incident Root Cause Analysis Report. June 6, 2007 ISMP Survey on IV Push Medication Practices. August 15, 2018 ISMP Survey on Drug Shortages. September 13, 2017 ISMP Survey on Verbal Orders. January 25, 2017 ISMP Follow-up Survey on Smart Pump Data Usage. 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Institute for Safe Medication Practices International Mentorship Program. February 1, 2022 - March 8, 2022
Enhancing Your Medication Error Reporting Program to Improve Global Medication Safety. August 19, 2020
Important Actions Community Pharmacists Need to Take Now to Reduce Potentially Harmful Dispensing Errors. October 26, 2021 - October 26, 2021
ISMP Guidelines for Sterile Compounding and the Safe Use of Sterile Compounding Technology. May 4, 2022
Lessons Learned about Human Fallibility, System Design, and Justice in the Aftermath of a Fatal Medication Error. May 6, 2022 - May 6, 2022
Medication Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Have We Learned in the United States. June 23, 2020
Safe handling of concentrated electrolyte products from outsourcing facilities during critical drug shortages. June 13, 2018
Move toward full use of metric dosing: eliminate dosage cups that measure liquids in fluid drams. Use cups that measure mL. July 8, 2015
Potentially dangerous confusion between Bloxiverz (neostigmine) injection and Vazculep (phenylephrine) injection. April 1, 2015
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
ALERT: reports of severe harm after intravenous administration of breast milk to infants. August 24, 2011
Quality standards for safe medication in nursing homes: development through a multistep approach including a Delphi consensus study. October 27, 2021
Review of medication error sources associated with inpatient subcutaneous insulin: recommendations for safe and cost-effective dispensing practices. August 24, 2022
A scoping review of non-professional medication practices and medication safety outcomes during public health emergencies. January 25, 2023
Optimizing a Business Case for Safe Health Care: An Integrated Approach to Safety and Finance. July 12, 2017
Adverse health events related to self-medication practices among elderly: a systematic review. May 31, 2017
Getting the wrong person's medicine at the pharmacy: easy steps consumers can take to help eliminate these errors. August 19, 2015
Engineering care transitions: clinician perceptions of barriers to safe medication management during transitions of patient care. May 19, 2021
Medication errors in community pharmacies: evaluation of a standardized safety program. March 15, 2023
Concordance of hospital ranks and category ratings using the current technical specification of US Hospital Star Ratings and reasonable alternative specifications. August 31, 2022
FDA Safety Communication: update--robotically-assisted surgical devices in mastectomy. August 20, 2021
Analysis of risk factors for patient safety events occurring in the emergency department. October 7, 2020
She hoped to shine a light on maternal mortality among Native Americans. Instead, she became a statistic of it. February 26, 2020
Lyme disease is baffling, even to experts, but new insights are at last accumulating. September 18, 2019
Putting out fires: a qualitative study exploring the use of patient complaints to drive improvement at three academic hospitals. July 10, 2019
FDA identifies harm reported from sudden discontinuation of opioid pain medicines and requires label changes to guide prescribers on gradual, individualized tapering. April 17, 2019