The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) special edition of the ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® acute care newsletter this week provides information on an error-prone dose expression on the label of an unapproved drug, ascorbic acid, that is being used to hasten recovery in COVID-19 patients. It also presents highlights from a Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) webinar on the response of two health systems to the pandemic.
In addition, the fifth special edition includes insight and tips on:
Identifying drugs used to treat COVID-19 that may cause heart arrhythmias
National Institutes of Health (NIH) study on decontamination of N95 respirators
Warning patients not to take invermectin products meant for animals to “cure” COVID-19
Healthcare professionals tripping on IV extension set tubing when pumps placed in hallways
The special edition newsletters are being made available for free to the general public as well as subscribers. To access a copy, click here. Please note that access may require free registration.