Environmental Monitoring for Sterile Hazardous Drug Compounding

Compounding safe sterile preparations requires harmonization of people, processes and engineering controls.

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

At US Hospitals, a Drug Mix-Up Is Just a Few Keystrokes Away

Computerized medication cabinets are the way almost every U.S. hospital manages, tracks, and distributes dozens to ...

MAY 10, 2022

Medication Errors: 2021 in Review

For medication error–prevention efforts to be effective, they must be a priority.

MAY 3, 2022

ISMP Adds New Medication Safety Best Practices

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices is introducing three new 2022-2023 Targeted Medication Safety Best ...

JANUARY 19, 2022

Best Practices for Monitoring Hazardous Drug Surface Contamination

Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals affects an estimated 13 million workers in the United States, with ...

AUGUST 28, 2020

Improving Safe Handling at a Community-Based Health System

The potential toxic effects of hazardous drugs and the need to use precautions when handling them are critically ...

APRIL 7, 2020

Waste Handling: Doing Right by Employees, Patients

Recent and upcoming regulations may have you feeling as if the most hazardous activity in your day is coming to ...

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Safe Drug Disposal: An Essential Part of FDA’s Efforts to Protect the Public from Opioid Overdose and Addiction

Is America awash in opioids? You might think so after reading yet another journal or news article about the current ...

APRIL 23, 2018