Consultants Corner Blog


Digoxin Safe Administration & Monitoring

4/19/2012 3:06:07 PM

Due to its narrow therapeutic index and renal clearance, lab monitoring is recommended to ensure the medication is at an optimal level in the body and minimize risk of toxicity. It is listed as one o...
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General Insulin Safety

3/5/2012 5:03:28 PM

Insulin is the most commonly misused or mishandled medication in some way by healthcare professionals resulting in at least 4% of all medication errors in 2005.(1) A study done by ISMP (Institute for...
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Safe Administration of Coumadin

2/1/2012 9:37:20 AM

About 100,000 older adults will be hospitalized this year for emergency related adverse drug events.About one-third will be due to warfarin. (1) Warfarin is a narrow therapeutic index drug which mean...
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