Medication Safety Resources for Outpatient Settings
November 15, 2013 | Strategic Insights for Ambulatory Care
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Three new online resources developed by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices can help outpatient settings and community pharmacies enhance medication safety and protect patients from the effects of medication errors. Tools include patient education checklists about high-alert medications, a tool to help community pharmacies assess their readiness and prepare for future implementation of a bar-code product verification system, and a tool to help community pharmacies identify their unique set of system and behavioral risks associated with dispensing some high-alert medications.