The link between tubing and catheter misconnections and serious errors, including patient deaths, has been a well-known but underreported problem for years. Hoping to get device manufacturers and healthcare organizations to take more aggressive action in order to reduce the number of adverse events, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations recently issued a Sentinel Event Alert.
Psychiatric Pharmacist Working to Optimize Treatment, Improve Patient Safety
December 13th 2024A conversation with Nina Vadiei, PharmD, BCPP, clinical associate professor in the Division of Pharmacotherapy at University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy and a clinical pharmacy specialist in psychiatry at the San Antonio State Hospital.