ASHP Member Medication Safety Resources
ASHP is the leading provider of medication safety education and resources. We are dedicated to providing timely and important information to our members and customers. Below you will find news, updates, guidance documents, and resources to help you and your staff in their roles to the promote safe and effective use of medications.
ASHP Resources for Medication Safety
ASHP and its members have produced a number of resources encompassing toolkits, practice resources, and guidance document that address various aspects of medication safety. These resources offer the support and tools needed to enhance medication safety practice in your workplace.
- Current Drug Shortages
- Autoverification Toolkit
- Just Culture Toolkit [PDF]
- Medication Safety Officer Full-Time Employee Justification Toolkit
- Antidote, Reversal Agents, and Rescue Agents Critical Inventory List [PDF]
- Guidance on Antidotes, Reversal Agents, and Rescue Agents [PDF]
- Guidance on Drug Recall Management [PDF]
- Medication Safety Dashboard [PDF]
- Guidance Document for Improved Smart Pump Usage and Governance: Smart Pump, Smart Pump Guidance [PDF]
- Ideas to Celebrate Patient Safety Awareness Week
- Medication Safety Activities and Tasks Prioritization for Multi-Hospital Organizations [PDF]
- ASHP Medication Safety Program Tool [PDF]
- Pneumatic Tube System Medication Guide (Do Not Tube List) [PDF]
- Practice Resource for Automated Dispensing Cabinet Overrides [PDF]
- General Principles of Purchase and Safe Use of Computerized Prescriber Order Entry Systems
- Landmines and Pitfalls of Computerized Prescriber Order Entry
- Standardize 4 Safety
Guidelines
- ASHP Guidelines on the Safe Use of Automated Compounding Devices for the Preparation of Parenteral Nutrition Admixtures [PDF]
- ASHP Guidelines on Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring and Reporting [PDF]
- ASHP Guidelines on the Safe Use of Automated Dispensing Cabinets [PDF]
- ASHP Guidelines on Outsourcing Sterile Compounding Services
- ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Medication Errors with Chemotherapy and Biotherapy [PDF]
- ASHP Guidelines on Handling Hazardous Drugs [PDF]
- ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Medication Errors in Hospitals [PDF]
- ASHP Guidelines on Compounding Sterile Preparation [PDF]
- Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring and Reporting [PDF]
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Statements
- ASHP Statement on the Role of the Medication Safety Leader [PDF]
- ASHP Statement on Bar-Code-Enabled Medication Administration Technology [PDF]
- ASHP Statement on Bar-Code Verification During Inventory, Preparation, and Dispensing of Medications [PDF]
- ASHP Statement on Reporting Medical Errors [PDF]
ASHP Policy Positions
External Resources
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- AHRQ Patient Safety Organizations
- CDC Medication Safety Program
- CDC: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- FDA Drug Safety and Availability
- FDA Medication Guides
- FDA MedWatch: The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program
- FDA Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts
- Institute for Safe Medication Practices
- VA National Center for Patient Safety
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