November 8, 2018 | By: Eunice Halverson, MA, CPPS
ISMP Update on Top Medication Safety Issues from 2018
Medication mistakes are one of the most common errors reported to the Center’s PSO. ISMP is offering a free webinar on November 15 at noon Central Time to discuss the top medication safety issues as well as strategies to minimize risk. They will also discuss how drug shortages contribute to errors and strategies to mitigate risk. Register here and please share with others at your organization.
Join the Missouri Board of Pharmacy and the Center for Patient Safety for the Board’s 2019 Patient Safety Conference. Together, we can keep Missouri safe one patient at a time.(pharmacists only) T
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