Tag: Healthcare guidelines

According to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), medication errors involving high-alert medications can have more devastating consequences for patients, even if the error rate is not higher than for other drugs. Understanding **what are considered high risk medications** is a critical step in preventing adverse drug events and improving patient outcomes.

Research has shown that administering prophylactic antibiotics within the 60-minute window before a surgical incision can significantly reduce the risk of surgical site infections. The required time you should be off antibiotics before surgery depends entirely on whether you are taking them to treat an active infection or if they are for preventive purposes.

During the initial stages of the pandemic, millions of COVID-19 patients received prescriptions for azithromycin, an antibiotic. The question, **Why did my doctor give me azithromycin for COVID?**, stems from this early period when scientific understanding was still evolving.