Safe Medicine, Safe Care: What You Need to Know About IV Push Medications

In this episode, we talk about how healthcare practitioners give medicine through a vein, and a way that healthcare organizations can make it safer for patients. We’ll discuss why ready-to-administer medications are safer, and what patients, caregivers, and healthcare workers should know. You can find ISMP’s Safe Practice Guidelines for Adult IV Push Medications at https://home.ecri.org/blogs/ismp-resources/safe-practice-guidelines-for-adult-iv-push-medications.

This episode is made possible through an education grant from Fresenius Kabi.