Medication near-misses happen more frequently than we like. Are you doing all you can to prevent them? In this week’s post we look at a recent event reported to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices that could have been fatal. We will discuss what happened and give you five steps for improving patient safety.
In this week's post we discuss the approval of Baqsimi nasal powder. This is the first glucagon therapy approved for the emergency treatment of severe hypoglycemia that can be administered without an injection.
Full Time and Part Time Consultant Pharmacist – Massachusetts (North Shore), New Hampshire (Southern), Florida (Southern), Pennsylvania (North East)
In this week's post we discuss managing High Alert and Look-Alike-Sound-Alike medications. These medications require special attention because they can cause significant patient harm when used in error.
This week we talk about medication storage, shortened expiration dating and the big impact it can have on your survey results. Are you prepared?
