High alert: Preventing insulin errors.

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada) is an independent, not-for-profit organization founded in early 2000 with the goal of promoting medication safety. It operates a voluntary medication error-reporting program that receives error reports, in confidence, from nurses, pharmacists, physicians and the public. Most reports are analyzed and error prevention strategies are developed and disseminated through a monthly bulletin to health care professionals and health care organizations for their learning. With permission, this article includes material originally published in an ISMP Canada Medication Safety Bulletin in April 2003.