National Alert Issued: Look-Alike Packaging May Cause Confusion between Neostigmine and Phenylephrine
ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists)A National Alert for Serious Medication Errors has been issued by ASHP and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), warning of potentially dangerous mix-ups between two relatively new presentations of older medications, neostigmine injection and phenylephrine injection.