The link between tubing and catheter misconnections and serious errors, including patient deaths, has been a well-known but underreported problem for years. Hoping to get device manufacturers and healthcare organizations to take more aggressive action in order to reduce the number of adverse events, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations recently issued a Sentinel Event Alert.
Psychiatric Pharmacist Helping to Bridge the Care Gap for Patients With Mental Illness
October 24th 2024Nina Vadiei, PharmD, BCPP, a clinical associate professor at UT Austin and a clinical pharmacy specialist in psychiatry at San Antonio State Hospital, discusses her career as a psychiatric pharmacist.