Is One-Pen, One-Patient Achievable in the Hospital? A Quality Improvement Project to Reduce Risks of Inadvertent Insulin Pen Sharing at a Large Academic Medical Center

Suzanna Ho, RN, MSN, CSSGB (is Coordinator of Patient Safety and Quality Nursing, Patient Safety Officer, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.), Rebecca Stamm, MSN, RN, CCNS, CCRN (is Associate Director, Clinical Implementation and Nursing Systems, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.), Melissa Hibbs, RPh, DPLA, MHA (is Drug Information Clinical Specialist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.), Margaret Yoho, MSN, RN, ASQ CSSBB (is Director of Quality, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.), Susan Harkness Regli, PhD (is Human Factors Scientist, Clinical Effectiveness and Quality Improvement, University of Pennsylvania Health System.), Ilona Lorincz, MD, MSHP (is Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of Quality for Endocrinology, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania)

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