GP.57. Institute for Safe Medication Practice

Safe Medication (Spain)

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices-Spain (Instituto para el Uso Seguro de los Medicamentos, in Spanish) is an independent nonprofit Spanish organization committed to the prevention of medication-system errors and adverse drug events. It was founded in the year 2000 as a partner of the American ISMP.

The Institute reports four main areas of activity:

• a. a national medication error reporting system;



• b. various medication safety projects;



• c. maintenance of a national database of Spanish look-alike and sound-alike drugs; and



• d. education projects on medication safety.

See for more details (in English) - Appendix 1, Example 20.


For further information, contact:

• Hospital Universitario de Salamanca
  Paseo San Vicente, 58
  37007 Salamanca. Spain
  Tel: + 34-923291172
  Fax: + 34-923291174
  email: ismp@usal.es

See also:

• Institutio para el Uso Seguro de los Medicamentos