Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)’s Post

ISMP is raising awareness about the need for additional technological changes to reduce the risk of drug name selection errors with automated dispensing cabinets. For our safe practice recommendations: https://hubs.la/Q02zJYj50 #medicationsafety #medsafety #patientsafety #medicationerrors #hospitals #pharmacist #nurses

Call to Action: Standardization and Smarter Logic Needed to Prevent Drug Name Selection Errors

Call to Action: Standardization and Smarter Logic Needed to Prevent Drug Name Selection Errors

EMR’s should also allow similar settings to enforce 5 character minimums when drug searching. Too many drugs starting with “levo, hydr, meth, etc. Also, there should be a software standard for character limits. Drug names, especially combo meds, are tough to standardize when the EMR limits to 32 character and ADC allows up to 45, etc.

Marcel trahan

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Interesting

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