AUSTIN (KXAN) — A medication storage program for individuals experiencing homelessness has opened in Austin. The city’s Downtown Austin Community Court (DACC) created the Medication Storage Program ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices is calling on pharmacists and other healthcare practitioners to complete a survey on medication storage, according to an ISMP Medication Safety Alert!

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 ...

Standard MM.2.20 Medications are properly and safely stored throughout the organization. This new standard for medication storage was adopted from standards in other programs. JCAHO requires that only ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Medications can play a significant part in our lives. Typically, they can be in our daily routine or even a shelf dweller in the waiting for when we need it most. However, ...

Most of us bring medicines home, tuck them into a bathroom cabinet or leave them on a kitchen shelf and never think twice about it. But the way you store your medicines can make the difference between ...