ISMP Medication Safety Alert!®

Action Agendas-Ambulatory Care

Consolidating medication safety recommendations into actionable steps

Every four months, ISMP identifies selected items from the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory newsletter and publishes an Action Agenda for you and your organization. The Action Agenda is intended to stimulate discussion and collaborative action as you begin the process of reducing and preventing medication errors.

Utilization of the action agenda to review externally reported errors combined with review and analysis of internally reported events constitutes a feasible and effective Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) program. 

Agenda topics include a brief description of the medication safety problem, recommendations to reduce the risk of errors, and the newsletter issue number to locate additional information as desired.

A typical use of the Medication Safety Alert! Action Agenda would be to:

  • Convene staff to discuss actionable items
  • Assess the likelihood of similar safety risks at your site
  • Complete the “Organization Assessment” and “Action Required/Assignment” sections 
  • Identify safety strategies to implement in your organization
  • When action is required, set a reasonable time for completion
  • Reconvene to review success of implementation plan and modify strategies as needed

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These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between September 2023 and December 2023.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between May 2023 and August 2023.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between January 2023 and April 2023.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between September 2022 and December 2022.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between May 2022 and August 2022.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between January 2022 and April 2022.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between September 2021 and December 2021.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between May 2021 and August 2021.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between January 2021 and April 2021.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between September 2020 and December 2020.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between May 2020 and August 2020.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between January 2020 and April 2020.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between September 2019 and December 2019.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between May 2019 and August 2019.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between January 2019 and April 2019.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between September 2018 and December 2018.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between May 2018 and August 2018.
These agenda topics appeared in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care between January 2018 and April 2018.