Editor’s Desk: Improving Safety May Be Easier than You Think

Did you know that standardizing the delivery process of high-alert medications and implementing hospital-wide protocols are key to maximizing safety in the hospital? The ways to do this are often simpler than you think, and our Homerun Slides focus on improving these aspects of safety in the hospital.

Our Clinical Text from Joslin Diabetes Center this week explains when and why we burn fat, protein or carbohydrates, and our Disaster Averted points out the problems when insulin gets “too darn cold.”