The ISMP guidelines are not designed to be adopted unchanged by hospitals to represent the hospital's medication administration policies. Instead, the ISMP believes that each hospital (through an ...

One of the most serious responsibilities that healthcare providers have is administering medications correctly. There are seven rights of medication administration and three checks to protect patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Medication errors that happen in schools are the same that occur in other settings, an expert said. New AAP ...

A female Pharmacist scanning pill box. Barcode technology can reduce medication errors by ensuring that the right drug is administered to the right patient at the right time, in the right dose, using ...

Sublingual medications dissolve under your tongue and absorb directly into your bloodstream through the tissue there, bypassing digestion. Common sublingual medications include nitroglycerin spray, ...

The Food and Drug Administration said it is inspecting a Mexican production facility as part of its probe into the widespread cyclosporiasis oubreak. The FDA proposed a new rule on Monday calling for ...

The last element of the 5 Rs -- right time -- has often been governed by the "30-minute medication rule." For as long as many nurses can remember, every hospital, unit, and nurse has passed ...