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Volume 21, Issue 4
This issue's featured article: Confusing Expiration Date Information on Some Paxlovid Prescriptions
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Volume 21, Issue 3
This issue's featured article: Be on the Lookout for Mix-ups with Medicines that Share Similar Letters
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Volume 21, Issue 2
This issue's featured article: Change in Medicine Dose May Not Have Been Updated in the Pharmacy
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Volume 21, Issue 1
This issue's featured article: Having trouble finding medicines for children who have colds or the flu?
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Volume 20, Issue 6
This issue's featured article: Forgetting your Medicines Can Spoil the Holidays
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Volume 20, Issue 5
This issue's featured article: Tricky Dosing for an Important COVID-19 Medicine
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Volume 20, Issue 4
This issue's featured article: Take a Tour of ISMP’s Updated Consumer Website: ConsumerMedSafety.org
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Volume 20, Issue 3
This issue's featured article: Worth repeating… Safety Concerns Regarding the Infant Formula Shortage
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Volume 20, Issue 2
This issue's featured article: Using Color to Identify Your Medicine Can Result in an Error
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Volume 20, Issue 1
This issue's featured article: How Children Frequently Get into Medicines: Child-Resistant Caps That are Not Childproof, Accessible Medicines, and Climbing
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Volume 19, Issue 6
This issue's featured article: Mix-ups Between the Influenza (Flu) Vaccine and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccines
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Volume 19, Issue 5
This issue's featured article: Parents Staying with Their Hospitalized Child Can Help Detect Some Errors – But May Contribute to Others
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Volume 19, Issue 4
This issue's featured article: Protect Your Pet from Errors with Medicines
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Volume 19, Issue 3
This issue's featured article: Excuse Me, I Think There is an Error with My Prescription: Pharmacy Staff Should Respond with Honesty, Compassion, and Respect
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Volume 19, Issue 2
This issue's featured article: Don’t Mix Up Concentrated “Ibuprofen Infant Drops” with “Children’s Ibuprofen”