Check Med Indication to Help Catch Wrong-Patient Orders

July 2016

National organizations are highlighting ways to avoid placing orders on the wrong patient.

It's scary. Most of us have accidentally put in an order on the wrong patient...usually due to interruptions or distractions.

Luckily, most errors are caught before they reach the patient. But wrong-patient errors are happening in about 1 in 37 hospitalized patients.

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Table of Contents

Anticoagulants Consider Fondaparinux in Stable HIT Patients With Good Renal Function
Medication Errors Check Med Indication to Help Catch Wrong-Patient Orders
Antihypertensives Avoid PRN Antihypertensives in Most Patients
Insulin Check For Duplicate Insulins on Discharge Orders
Infectious Diseases Check for Quinolone Use in Patients Who Report Disabling Symptoms
Venous Thromboembolism Don't Rely on Anti-Xa Levels to Verify LMWH Efficacy or Safety
Chronic Pain Don't Use a Mg-to-Mg Conversion When Converting from Xtampza ER to Oxycontin
Smoking Cessation Ask About ALL Nicotine Products When Taking a Social History
Insomnia Try Not To Schedule Stimulants and Diuretics Close to Bedtime
Substance Use Disorder Consider Loperamide Overdose in Patients With Unexplained Cardiac Toxicity
Travel Medicine Verify Brand AND Generic Names During Medication Histories