Improving Access to Parenteral Nutrition (PN) in the Hospital: What the Hospitalist Needs to Know about Supplemental PN, Lipids and Safe Use

This session will explore innovations and safety strategies in parenteral nutrition, emphasizing the clinical role of alternative lipid sources. Speakers will share actionable strategies and best p...

Advancing Parenteral Nutrition (PN): Alternative Lipids, PN and Supplemental PN, and Multi-Chamber Bag PN Safety

This session will explore innovations and safety strategies in parenteral nutrition, emphasizing the clinical role of alternative lipid sources. Speakers will share actionable strategies and best p...

Advancing Anesthesia Safety: The Impact of Ready-To-Administer Injectable Solutions in the OR

Overview Using examples of events that have been reported to the ISMP National Medication Errors Reporting Program (ISMP MERP), data from intraoperative opioid waste and association of dose with po...

Safety Considerations for IV Push Amid Drug Shortages

In this recorded learning session, speakers will review potential adverse drug events (ADEs) associated with IV push medication preparation and administration, particularly in the context of IV flu...

Applying Best Practices to Prevent Wrong Drug Errors Associated with Generic Names

This webinar explores the causes and risks of wrong drug errors, with a focus on drug name similarities, formulation confusion, and confirmation bias among healthcare practitioners. It highlights r...

Applying Best Practices for Injection Safety: A “How To” Roadmap

Using examples of events that have been reported to the ISMP National Medication Errors Reporting Program (ISMP MERP), data from cost-effectiveness research studies, and first-hand experience shift...

Ensuring Medication Safety in Parenteral Nutrition: The Role of Multi-Chamber Bags and Alternative Lipids

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has been highlighting errors and harmful events related to parenteral nutrition (PN) for nearly two decades. Most recently, the long-standing shor...

Leveraging IV Robotics to Optimize Sterile Compounding Practices to Improve Safety

Learn about the role of IV robotics in the advancement of safety in sterile compounding operations and the steps needed to address perceived barriers for its implementation and use.

Transitioning to Ready-to-Administer IV Medications: Can it be Both Safe and Affordable?

Intravenous (IV) therapy is considered an essential component of healthcare delivery, with over 90% of hospitalized patients receiving some form of infusion therapy. Errors involving IV medications...

Improving Safety, Efficiencies, and Reducing Waste with Ready-to-Administer IV Medications: A Roadmap to Success

Many organizations have stated that to avoid the unnecessary, error-prone complexity of IV push medication preparation and administration, and to avoid the risk of contamination and personnel expos...

Taking Medication Error Reduction Strategies in the Hospital to the Next Level: The Case for Implementation Science

Implementation science aims to discover and apply strategies that accelerate successful integration of interventions into routine practice. This initiative will provide background information on th...

The Pursuit of Prevention – Confronting Drug Diversion

Drug diversion is a serious problem that affects patients’ and health professionals’ safety. Patients may suffer from suboptimal therapy if their medications were diverted, receive substandard care...