With Kentucky kids dying from access to substances, Kosair for Kids has launched a campaign to educate families and people working with children about safe storage. About a third of the state’s child ...

Kosair for Kids is partnering with several organizations to spread the word. According to Kentucky's Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel, more than one-third of all cases reported ...

Proper medication management is essential to maintain quality and patient safety in a healthcare organization. A key element of medication management is medication storage, which includes security, ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - With the ever-present risk of addiction and misuse of medications, it is vital to be aware of your options for safe medication storage and timely disposal of expired or leftover ...

Before taking our survey, 16% of respondents were not aware of the CMS regulation and interpretive guidelines that require pharmacists to store drugs and biologicals in accordance with the ...

She said: "The increase in drug poisoning among children is worrysome. Although these data are for the US, we know that drugs are the most common sources of poisoning in children around the world. It ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WKOW) -- Safely storing medications can be tricky. Thirty-five thousand children are brought to the emergency room each year because they get into medicine. Stetson Potrykus, a pharmacy ...

Drug diversion, the theft or misuse of controlled substances by healthcare workers, is a serious and growing problem in hospitals worldwide. According to a report by the National Institutes of Health ...

ISMP would like to thank the 715 practitioners, mostly pharmacy directors and managers, staff pharmacists, clinical pharmacists, and medication safety pharmacists, who responded to our recent survey ...