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What is ISMP's
mission, and how do you accomplish your
mission?
ISMP's mission
is to advance patient safety worldwide by
empowering the healthcare community, including
consumers, to prevent medication errors. We
accomplish this through....
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How does ISMP
reach and impact healthcare
professionals?
ISMP represents more than 35 years of
experience in helping healthcare practitioners
keep patients safe. One cornerstone of the
Institute's medication error prevention efforts
is....
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Why do you
think errors in insulin administration
are one of the most common mistakes made in
pharmacies and hospitals, and what can we do to
prevent those errors?
The way that
insulin is administered often requires
last-minute dose adjustments or changes in the
type of insulin required. Unlike most other
medications where a fixed dose is
available....
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What are your
goals for the partnership with Diabetes in
Control?
Since insulin
is a high alert drug, which means that it is
more likely to cause a patient serious harm
when it is involved in an error, ISMP would
like to....
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What factors
or trends do you feel will most influence
medication safety in the next few
years?
Without a
doubt, growth in the use of safety technologies
will have a major impact on decreasing medical
errors. For example, safety will improve
with....
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