Medication Safety Alert! December 2020

In this month's issue:

• Need for Standardizing Critical Care Drug Infusions Has Never Been Greater
• Easy for Things to Go Wrong with Test Patients
• what’s in a Name? The “-xaban” drug stem name
• FentaNYL patch duration of drug delivery confused as patch strength
• Mix-up between droperidol and dronabinol
• New ASPEN recommendations for in-line filters for parenteral nutrition (PN)
• Good catch! Eye drop frequency error
• WAKIX and LASIX name confusion