| Subject: | StayAlert Provides Additional Policy for Addressing the JCAHO 2005 National Patient Safety Goal Addressing Medication Safety |
| Category: | Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
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| Published: | Thu, 9 Sep 2004 - 10:00 am |
| As discussed in a previous StayAlert publication, the JCAHO has published the 2005 National Patient Safety Goal for improving the safety of using medications, adding a third requirement to this goal, which requires organizations to identify and, at a minimum, annually review a list of look-alike/sound-alike drugs used and to take action to prevent errors involving the interchange of these drugs. The StayAlert Administrator provided a policy and procedure discussing management of... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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