Medication Safety Alert! November 19, 2015

In this week's issue:

• Managing Hospitalized Patients With Ambulatory Pumps: Findings From An ISMP Survey–Part 1
• In the News
  • CMS update - Revised Hospital Guidance for Pharmaceutical Services and Expanded Guidance Related to Compounding Medications
  • GEDSA update - working to validate a newly designed low-dose ENFit tip syringe
• Could this happen at your hospital? (tamper-resistant seal intact on used nasal spray)
• Oral devices with mL-only dosing marks
• "U" for units
• Safe administration of AGGRASTAT loading dose