Help Develop Protocols to Reduce "Never Events"

July 2015

You'll see more focus on decreasing "never events"...especially in the summer and on weekends.

"Never events" are preventable errors that should never happen in the hospital...deaths or serious injury due to med errors or contaminated medications, wrong-site surgeries, development of stage 3 or 4 pressure ulcers, etc.

These are a big deal for patients and hospitals.

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Medical Errors Help Develop Protocols to Reduce "Never Events"
Pulmonary Embolism Expect Less Use of IVC Filters With Anticoagulation
Dyslipidemia Consider Ezetimibe as a Statin Add-On
Antipsychotics Don't Treat Insomnia With Antipsychotics
Controlled Substances Recommend Naloxone at Discharge for Patients at Risk of Opioid Overdose
Med Safety Stop Gliptins in Patients Admitted With Heart Failure
Med Safety Treat Flozin Ketoacidosis With Your Diabetic Ketoacidosis Protocol
Probiotics Schedule a Probiotic At Least 2 Hours After an Antibiotic
New Drugs Watch for Duplicate Carbidopa/Levodopa Orders on Discharge Paperwork
Opioids Verify Fentanyl Patch Dose on Admission
Hepatitis C Don't Rely on Pentoxifylline for Alcoholic Hepatitis

Help Develop Protocols to Reduce "Never Events"

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