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Timely Medication Administration Guidelines for Nurses: Fewer Wrong-Time Errors?

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 ...
Becker's ASC

A Measure of Safety: Preventing Infection During Medication Administration

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...
Becker's ASC

CMS Issues Revised ’30-Minute Rule’ on Administration of Medication

CMS has issued a revision to its “30-minute” rule on the administration of medication in hospitals, according to a Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program blog post and a copy of the notification ...
STAT

FDA approves first new gonorrhea drug in decades

The drug is from a new class of antibiotics, the first new class in decades to be approved as a treatment for gonorrhea, ...
Becker's Hospital Review

43% of Medication Errors are Due to Admin Error, Study Says

A new study by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority found that the primary reason for medication errors is administrative error. The study analyzed 800 instances ...
lex18

Kentucky schools adjust to new medication administration guidelines

ESTILL COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — As students head back to class, school districts in Kentucky are adjusting to a policy change in school medication administration. "Anytime that the laws change, KRS ...
Medscape

Timely Medication Administration Guidelines for Nurses: Fewer Wrong-Time Errors?

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 ...