Medication Safety Alert! May 2019

In this month's issue:

• Newborn Naming Conventions and Wrong-Patient Errors
• what’s in a Name? The “-gliptin” drug stem name
• Your Reports at Work: FDA tells pen injector needle manufacturers to improve patient instructions
• Diluent given without vancomycin
• Generic EPINEPHrine autoinjectors
• Worth repeating… PCA pump keys available online
• National Nurses Week: May 6-12, 2019
• ISMP Survey on Newborn Naming Conventions