4 results

• Overprescription of Medications Continues To Plague Older Adults: Study

  July 18, 2025

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that machine learning models could be used to prevent overprescribing of drugs in older patients, which can cause adverse health events.

• ISMP Warns of Dosing Errors Linked to Paxlovid

  July 12, 2022

  Martha Garcia

  The ISMP warns of dozens of dosing errors linked to the COVID-19 drug Paxlovid, often involving overdosing of patients with renal impairment.

• Lingering Problems With Sterile Compounded Drug Manufacturing Found in ISMP Survey

  October 29, 2020

  Martha Garcia

  A new survey finds many compounding pharmacies still make dispensing errors despite stringent improvements and requirements put in place over the last several years.

• ISMP Warns That Some Oral Medications Are Accidentally Given Intravenously

  August 18, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  A safety alert by ISMP highlights the risk of hospitals accidentally giving patients oral medications intravenously.