Author – Joseph Perz, DrPH, MA Prevention Team Leader for the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention You might be thinking, “Is a knowledge refresher on injection safety really needed? Providers all k…
Author – Michael R. Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, FASHP President, Institute for Safe Medication Practices There’s an alarming and widespread misunderstanding about insulin pens by some healthcare workers who work in hospitals: that sterility can be maintai…
Author – Gina Pugliese, RN MS Vice President of the Safety Institute, Premier healthcare alliance It was 20 years ago when I first heard about syringes being reused on multiple patients, followed by a flurry of guidelines cautioning about the need to…