ISMP Highlights for Action: Recent Medication Safety Concerns

March 26, 2025

This activity will identify priority medication safety findings and recommendations that have been identified from events submitted to ISMP and published in their Acute Care Medication Safety Alert! newsletter in the fourth quarter of 2025. Participants will then be able to immediately identify and address the risk associated with these issues to reduce the frequency of related medication safety errors and improve patient outcomes.

Target Audience

  • Pharmacists
  • Pharmacy Technicians
  • Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives

Pharmacists

At the conclusion of this activity, pharmacists should be able to:

  • List three errors or hazard examples that have been reported to the ISMP Medication Safety Errors Reporting Program (ISMP MERP) and published during 4th quarter of 2024.
  • State three strategies that can be used to identify and reduce the risk of current medication events.
  • Describe how the reporting of unsafe conditions or actual events that could lead to harm can be used regularly to support improved outcomes as part of a robust medication safety program.

Pharmacy Technicians

At the conclusion of this activity, pharmacy technicians should be able to:

  • List three errors or hazard examples that have been reported to the ISMP Medication Safety Errors Reporting Program (ISMP MERP) and published during 4th quarter of 2024.
  • State three strategies that can be used to identify and reduce the risk of current medication events.
  • Describe how the reporting of unsafe conditions or actual events that could lead to harm can be used regularly to support improved outcomes as part of a robust medication safety program.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
  • 1.00 General CE - Attendance
Course opens: 
03/26/2025
Course expires: 
05/25/2025
Event starts: 
03/26/2025 - 1:00pm CDT
Event ends: 
03/26/2025 - 2:00pm CDT
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FACULTY & PLANNERS

Faculty

Carolyn Liptak, MBA, BS Pharm     
Pharmacy Executive Director                   
Vizient, Inc. 

Matthew Grissinger, RPh, FISMP, FASCP     
Director, Education                   
​Institute for Safe Medication Practices 

 
Planning Committee

Stacy Lauderdale, PharmD, BCPS      
Associate Vice President of Evidence-Based Medicine and
Drug Information                   
Vizient, Inc. 

Jackie Stokes, BBA     
​​Pharmacy Services Manager​                    
Vizient, Inc. 

Kim Bentley, CHCP   
CE Programs Manager              
Vizient, Inc.
 
Marilu Kelly, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CHCP
Director, Continuing Education       
Vizient, Inc.

 

DISCLOSURE

As an accredited provider of continuing education, Vizient, Inc. is dedicated to ensuring this activity presents learners with only accurate, balanced, scientifically justified recommendations, and is free from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. In accordance with The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all planners, faculty, and others in control of the educational content have disclosed the absence or existence of all financial relationships (of any dollar amount) with ineligible companies within the past 24 months.
 
Ineligible companies – those companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
It is Vizient’s policy that owners and employees of ineligible companies, and any individuals who refuse to disclose the absence or existence of financial relationships with any ineligible companies are disqualified from participating as planners or faculty.
 
Disclosure Statements
 
Absence of Relevant Financial Relationships
 
None of the planners, faculty, or others in a position to control content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
 
Statement of Content Validity
 
Vizient, Inc. educational activities are intended to assist healthcare teams advance their professional responsibilities in accordance with the definition of continuing education. It is the policy of Vizient, Inc. to review and ensure that all content and recommendations for patient care within accredited CE is evidenced-based, based on current science and clinical reasoning while ensuring the content is fair and balanced. All recommendations must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Vizient, Inc. does not permit accredited continuing education if it advocates for unscientific approaches to diagnosis or therapy, or if the education promotes recommendations, treatment, or manners of practicing healthcare that are determined to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or are known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients.
 
FDA Off-Label Use
 
Faculty presenters are also expected to disclose any discussion of (1) off-label or investigational uses of FDA approved commercial products or devices or (2) products or devices not yet approved in the United States.
 
 
Disclaimer
The education provided through this activity is for continuing education purposes only. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty/presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of Vizient, Inc.

 

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Vizient, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

 
Designation Statement(s)
 
 
Pharmacists (CPE)
 
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 contact hours for pharmacists.
 
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-25-019-L05-P
 
Pharmacy Technicians (CPE)
 
Vizient, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 contact hours for pharmacy technicians.
 
Universal Activity Number: JA0006103-0000-25-019-L05-T
 
Other Healthcare Professionals (General CE Credit)
 
Vizient, Inc. will award all other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity a Certificate of Participation. Various state license boards and credentialing bodies accept certificates of participation from accredited CE activities to meet CE requirements for license renewals and re-certification. It is the responsibility of the participant to contact their state licensing board and/or certifying body for verification on credit eligibility reciprocity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Technician
  • 1.00 General CE - Attendance
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