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High Alert and Poten
High Alert and Potentially Inappropriate Medication Usage for Elderly
| Insulin: | High incident in medication error. |
| Morphine: | High incident in medication error. |
| Potassium chloride: | High incident in medication error. |
| Albuterol: | High incident in medication error. |
| Heparin: | High incident in medication error. |
| Vancomycin: | High incident in medication error. |
| Cefazolin: | High incident in medication error. |
| Acetaminophen: | High incident in medication error. |
| Warfarin: | High incident in medication error. |
| Furosemide: | High incident in medication error. |
| Adrenergics agonists IV: | High Alert |
| Adrenergics antagonists IV: | High Alert |
| Antithrombotic agents, including anticoagulants, Factor Xa inhibitors, direct thrombin inhibitors, thrombolytics, and glycoproteins IIb/IIIa inhibitors | High Alert |
| Antiarrhythmics: | High Alert |
| Cardioplegic solutions: | High Alert |
| Chemotherapeutics agents: | High Alert |
| Dextrose, hypertonic, higher than 20%: | High Alert |
| Dialysis solutions, peritoneal and hemodialysis: | High Alert |
| Epidural and intrathecal medications: | High Alert |
| Hypoglycemics: | High Alert |
| Inotropic agents: | High Alert |
| Insulin: | High Alert |
| Liposomal forms: | High Alert |
| Moderate sedation agents: | High Alert |
| Narcotics / opioids: | High Alert |
| Neuromuscular blocking agent: | High Alert |
| Parenteral nutritional agents: | High Alert |
| Radiocontrast agents IV: | High Alert |
| Sterile water injection, inhalation, and irrigation of more than 100 mL: | High Alert |
| Sodium chloride injection greater than 0.9%: | High Alert |
| Anticholinergics: | Potentially inappropriate medication usage in elderly patients. |
| Benzodiazepines: | Potentially inappropriate medication usage in elderly patients. |
| Nonbenzodiazepines sedatives: | Potentially inappropriate medication usage in elderly patients. |
| Androgens: | Potentially inappropriate medication usage in elderly patients. |
| Estrogens with or without progestins: | Potentially inappropriate medication usage in elderly patients. |
| Insulin: | Potentially inappropriate medication usage in elderly patients. |
| Sulfonylureas: | Potentially inappropriate medication usage in elderly patients. |
| NSAIDS: | Potentially inappropriate medication usage in elderly patients. |
| Aspirin: | Potentially inappropriate medication usage in elderly patients. |
| Skeletal muscle relexants: | Potentially inappropriate medication usage in elderly patients. |
| Oral decongestants: | Potentially inappropriate medication usage in elderly patients. |