Volume 4, Issue 6
Medication Safety Alert! June 2016
In this month’s issue:
- Selected Medication Safety Risks to Manage in 2016 That Might Otherwise Fall Off the Radar Screen. Part II.
- "Floaters" in liquid melatonin
- Avoid abbreviations
- Cup with wrong measurement marking
- Safety opportunities with New York (NY) electronic prescribing (e-Rx) requirement
- HealthAlert! Revised warnings for metFORMIN
- Elderly patient harmed by safety cap
- Worth reading... Environmental issues that cause medication errors
- Free ISMP Resources – Consumer leaflets in Spanish