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CAPSLink newsletter USP's Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety (CAPS) launched its Patient Safety CAPSLink™ service to provide health care providers, reporters to the USP-ISMP Medication Errors Reporting Program, MEDMARX® subscribers, and the larger healthcare community with free, up–to–date information on medication and medical safety.

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CAPSLink provides timely, patient safety-related news, including

  • Data findings from USP's two medication–error reporting programs, MEDMARX and the Medication Errors Reporting (MER) Program
  • Recommendations and suggestions for problem–prone medication error issues
  • Recommendations and suggestions from USP's Safe Medication Use Expert Committee
  • Guidelines and initiatives from organizations such as the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP), Joint Commission, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Institute of Medicine, and FDA

Each month, the Patient Safety CAPSLink service will automatically provide you with data findings on a particular medication error issue (e.g., computer entry errors) along with a concise list of news bulletins with brief summaries with hyperlinks for additional information on selected topics.

CAPSLink Archives

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2008

March: Compounded Drug Preparation Errors in Hospitals  (156KB)
February: Examining Medication Errors in Emergency Departments  (98KB)
January: Paying Attention to Anticoagulant Medication Errors: What Have We Learned?  (158KB)

2007

November: Preventable Dangers Associated with Fentanyl Patches  (89KB)
October: Examining Medication Errors Associated with Psychiatric Care Settings  (141KB)
September: Abbreviation Use: Saving time, But at What Expense?  (104KB)
July: Study Findings and Trends in Medication Error Reporting from 25 Midwestern Critical Access Hospitals  (122KB)
May: Examining Medication Errors Prevented by and Associated with Bar-Code Medication Administration (BCMA) Technology  (101KB)
April: Examining Medication Errors in Outpatient Surgery — Focus on Adult Population  (126KB)
February:Examining Intralipid Errors in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit  (111KB)
January: Improving the Safety of Automated Dispensing Devices (ADDs)  (128KB)

2006

May: Requirements for Compounding Sterile Preparations: Proposed Revisions to USP General Chapter <797>  (87KB)
April: Medication Errors Involving Neuromuscular Blocking Agents  (111KB)
February: Medication Errors in Intensive Care Units  (141KB)
January:Medication Errors in Radiological Service Areas  (128KB)

2005

December: Confusion with Antiretroviral Medications  (118KB)
November:Drug Product Names Can Be Confusing  (118KB)
October: Medication Errors Involving Reconciliation Failures  (122KB)
June: Requirements for Compounding Sterile Preparations: Evolution of USP's Chapter <797>  (123KB)
May: Errors Involving Drug Products Used to Treat Cardiovascular Diseases: Part III  (119KB)
April: Errors Involving Drug Products Used to Treat Cardiovascular Diseases: Part II  (403KB)
March: Errors Involving Drug Products Used to Treat Cardiovascular Diseases - Part 1  (128KB)
February: Error Findings Related to JCAHO's National Patient Safety Goals  (122KB)
January: Computer Entry Errors  (421KB)

2004

November: Errors in Obstetrics  (203KB)
October: Drug Shortages Affect Patient Safety  (199KB)
September: Patient-Controlled Analgesia Pumps  (317KB)
August: Abbreviations—Help or Hindrance?  (282KB)
July: Serious Harm Occurs In Clinical Diagnostic Departments (Radiology)  (327KB)
June: Pediatric Population Requires Special Vigilance To Ensure Safety  (321KB)
May: Look-alike/Sound-alike Drug Products Affect Cognition  (339KB)
April: Oncolytic Therapy Requires Special Vigilance  (367KB)
March: Examining Medication Errors That Occur in the Patient's Home  (329KB)
February: Assessing the Safety of Parenteral Nutrition  (292KB)
January: Improving Patient Identification  (376KB)

2003

December: Miscommunication Leads to Confusion and Errors  (535KB)
November: Errors Involving Geriatric Patients  (531KB)
October: Errors Involving Vaccines  (331KB)
September: Distractions Contribute to Medication Errors  (213KB)
August: Refrigerated Medications at Risk for Errors  (212KB)
July: Insulin Errors: A Common Problem  (214KB)
June: Pediatric Population Prone to Harmful Errors  (229KB)
May: Risk of Computer Entry Errors  (609KB)
April: Medication Errors in Emergency Departments  (209KB)
March: Medication Errors in the Perioperative Environment  (183KB)
February: FDA Tests Early-Warning System  (275KB)
January: USP Issues Recommendations for Preventing Medication Errors in Children  (119KB)

2002

December: Improper Administration Technique Harmful to Patients: Costly to Health Systems  (145KB)
November: Calculation Errors Involving Children Can be Serious  (167KB)
October: Verbal Orders Introduce Error Risks  (139KB)
September: Wrong Patient Errors  (219KB)
August: NCCMERP Opposes Comparison of Medication-Error Rates  (148KB)

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