Medication Safety Alert! January/February 2019

In this issue: 

• Death Associated with Unnecessary Continuation of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis After Hospital Discharge
• Your Reports at Work: FDA tells pen injector needle manufacturers to improve patient instructions
• Entire bottle of nitroglycerin given, again!
• Don’t “hold” onto that patch!
• Unsafe practices abound!
• Become an ISMP Fellow