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- ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Medication Errors in Hospitals
Tragically, however, some medication errors result in serious patient morbidity or mortality 8 Thus, medication errors (including close calls) must not be taken lightly, and risk-reduction strategies and systems should be established to prevent or mitigate patient harm from medication errors
- Preventing Medication Errors with Chemotherapy and Biotherapy - ASHP
The purposes of these guidelines are to define best practices for the safe use of chemotherapy and biotherapy agents and to assist practitioners in improving their medication-use systems to prevent medication errors and patient harm from these agents
- ASHP Publishes Guidelines on Preventing Medication Errors
The ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Medication Errors in Hospitals describe opportunities for pharmacists on interprofessional teams to prevent errors across the continuum of care in hospitals and health systems
- ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Medication Errors in Hospitals
"ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Medication Errors in Hospitals" published on 01 Jan 2024 by ASHP
- Medication Misadventures - ASHP
ASHP’s policy positions, statements, guidelines, technical assistance bulletins, and endorsed documents according to topic
- Medication Safety Resource Center - ASHP
ASHP and its members have produced a number of resources encompassing toolkits, practice resources, and guidance document that address various aspects of medication safety
- Guidelines - ASHP
Therapeutic position statements are concise responses to specific therapeutic issues, and therapeutic guidelines are thorough, evidence-based recommendations on drug use
- MEDICATION SAFETY - ASHP
Medication errors can happen at any point during the medication-use process and do not occur only in the pharmacy According to the ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Medication Errors in Hospitals*, medication errors can be categorized into 11 types, including:
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