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What Are the Top 5 High Alert Medications?

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According to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), medication errors involving high-alert drugs have clearly more devastating consequences for patients, even if the errors are not more common. Knowing what are the top 5 high alert medications is the first step in implementing the critical safeguards needed to prevent serious harm and ensure patient safety.