The top 10 medication and safety errors listed by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) focuses on safety problems that occur frequently, cause serious harm to patients, and could be avoided or minimized with system and practice changes attainable by all health care providers (ISMP Medication Safety Alert! 2020;25[1]).
In addition, ISMP provides specific recommendations to prevent them:
1. Selecting the wrong medication after entering the first few letters of the drug name. Entering