Patient Safety News

FDA StatesNew Heparin Potency Assay May Have Clinical Impact (October 1, 2009)

National Kidney Disease Education Program Offers Guidance on Drug Dosing Following Standardization of Creatinine Assay (September 28, 2009)

ISMP Learns of errors leading to fatal hyponatremia in two healthy children.
Read more [PDF]

ASHP's comments on proposed revisions to the Joint Commission's 2009 National Patient Safety Goals [PDF] (June 30, 2009)

Summary of Safety Labeling Changes Approved By FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) - September 2009. This summary provides a listing of drug names and safety labeling sections (revised)

New from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality:

• AHRQ 2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report
• Is Our Pharmacy Meeting Patients’ Needs? A Pharmacy Health Literacy Assessment Tool User’s Guide

Other Topics:

Do you know if your patients have celiac disease?
Important facts for pharmacists [PDF]