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Transitions of care are fraught with risk for patients.

Joey Sweeney, PharmD, BCPS

Chemotherapy continues to be the predominant treatment for patients with cancer. Although the benefit-to-risk ratio of chemotherapy medications is favorable for these patients, health care workers preparing, transporting, and administering these drugs are exposed to workplace health risk.

Joey Sweeney, PharmD, BCPS

Central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), and Clostridioides difficile infections all declined between 2017 and 2018 across four health care settings, according to CDC’s National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections Progress Report, released in November 2019.

Maria G. Tanzi, PharmD

In late February, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) released its 2020–2021 consensus-based medication safety best practices for hospitals.

Maria G. Tanzi, PharmD