• Keep under wraps. Unwrap
syringes as close to the time of
need as possible, so that you elim-
inate the chance that you pick up
a used syringe that is intermingled
with new ones.
Dangerous drug
abbreviations
The Institute for Safe Medication
Practices (ISMP) has compiled
abbreviations, symbols and dose
designations that are frequently
misinterpreted and involved in
harmful medication errors. Share the "List of Error-Prone
Abbreviations" (osmag.net/XCjuZ6) with your nursing and anesthesia
providers.
OSM
Mr. Sones (shelsones@aol.com) is president of Sheldon S. Sones and
Associates, a pharmacy and accreditation consulting firm based in
Newington, Conn.
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