title: Joint Commission IDs five high-alert meds.
abstract: The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has issued a bulletin listing "high-alert" medications that have the highest risk of causing injury when misused. The five high-alert medications are insulin, opiates and narcotics, injectable potassium chloride (or phosphate) concentrate, intravenous anticoagulants (heparin), and sodium chloride solutions above 0.9%. The Joint Commission recommends strategies such as a system that confirms the correct drug, dosage, patient, time, and route.
mesh_terms: D016903:Drug Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D014481:United States