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Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals.

Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2022.

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February 2, 2022
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2022.

This updated report outlines 19 consensus-based best practices to ensure safe medication administration, such as diluted solutions of vincristine in minibags and standardized metrics for patient weight. The set of recommended practices has been reviewed and updated every two years since it was first developed in 2014 to include actions related to eliminating the prescribing of fentanyl patches for acute pain and use of information about medication safety risks from other organizations to motivate improvement efforts. The 2022 update includes new practices that are associated with oxytocin, barcode verification in vaccine administration, and high-alert medications. 

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Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2022.

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