[NRSKarenRN]

Check out: Patient Safety Net : A National Safety Resource

Maintained by: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

A continuously updated, annotated, and carefully selected collection of patient safety news, literature, tools, and resources.


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[Marie_LPN]

The "Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality" Link isn't working.

[mbmclnc]

we are new to this site, we need information on soc patient safety -mainly rn's responsibility to pt. room environment safety - any suggestions would be really appreciated, thanks

[Bill Levinson]

This is interesting
http://www.ismp.org/Newsletters/acut...s/20071115.asp
"Errors with injectable medications: Unlabeled syringes are surprisingly common!"

Anyone who has worked in a factory knows that you NEVER use anything from an unlabeled container. The recommendations in the article make perfect sense.