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Clinical Practice
Monday, January 6, 2025
ESIs & Fracture Risk: Find the Facts - Newly Updated »
Find the facts about whether epidural steroid injections increase a patient’s fracture risk. Click here to download this...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
ESI and Severe Cervical Stenosis: Find the Facts »
Find the facts about whether epidural steroid injections can be safely performed in patients with severe cervical central...
Thursday, November 7, 2024
GBCM and Spinal Injection Procedures: Find the Facts »
Find the facts about whether GBCM are safe to use in spinal injection procedures. Click here to download the new, free I...
Monday, June 17, 2024
Minimizing CTFESI Vascular Events: Find the Facts »
     Find the facts about the importance of preprocedural advanced imaging review in minimizing risk...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
ESIs and Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Find the Facts »
     Find the facts about whether epidural steroid injections can be safely performed in patients wit...
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Minimizing CILESI Risks: Find the Facts »
     Find the facts about the safe performance of cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injections...
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Multi-level or Bilateral CTFESI: Find the Facts »
     Find the facts about the safe performance of cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injections...
Friday, June 9, 2023
ESIs and Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis: Find the Facts »
Find the facts about whether there is an association between epidural steroid injections (ESIs) and the development and/or...
Friday, June 9, 2023
Meningitis Outbreak Linked to Epidural Anesthesia »
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Mexican Ministry of Health (COFEPRIS), and U.S. state and...
Monday, May 1, 2023
Teva USA Recalls Fentanyl Buccal Tablets Manufactured and Labeled for Mayne Pharma Inc. »
SIS Patient Safety Alert 05/01/2023: Specific Lots of Fentanyl Buccal Tablets Recalled by Teva Due to a Labeling Error...
Friday, April 14, 2023
FDA Updates Opioid Prescribing Guidance »
IPSIS Patient Safety Alert 04/14/2023: FDA Updates Prescribing Information to Provide Additional Guidance for Safe Use...
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Postpartum Steroid Exposure: Find the Facts »
Click here to download the new, free IPSIS FactFinder to review the evidence base on the potential consequences of admin...
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Platelet Counts and Interlaminar Epidural Access: Find the Facts »
Click here to download the new, free IPSIS FactFinder to learn whether there is a "safe" cutoff for platelet counts prio...
Monday, February 6, 2023
Does Lumbar Medial Branch RFN Cause Multifidus Atrophy? Find the Facts »
Click here to download the new, free IPSIS FactFinder to learn more about whether lumbar medial branch radiofrequency...
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
New Local Anesthetic Shortage Advisory »
Read the new timely and widely-accepted best practice recommendations for the performance of interventional pain pr...
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Hospira Vancomycin Hydrochloride Recall »
IPSIS Patient Safety Alert 12/29/2022: Hospira Issues a Voluntarily Recall for One Lot of Vancomycin Hydrochloride Injec...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Intradiscal Biologics: Find the Facts »
Click here to download the new, free IPSIS FactFinder to delve into the evidence on complications from intradiscal biolo...
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Caudal ESI Systematic Review »
Read the newest IPSIS systematic review  on the effectiveness of caudal epidural steroid injections, publishe...
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
IPSIS Submits Letter to JAMA on Significantly Flawed Norwegian SCS Study »
On November 9, 2022, members of the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society’s Standards and Research Divisions s...
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Hospira Propofol Recall »
IPSIS Patient Safety Alert 08/23/2022: Hospira Issues A Voluntary Nationwide Recall For One Lot of Propofol Injectable Emu...
Monday, August 1, 2022
New Multisociety Contrast Media Advisory »
Read the new timely and widely-accepted best practice recommendations for mitigating the risks of performing interv...
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Hospira Propofol Recall »
IPSIS Patient Safety Alert 07/14/2022: Hospira Issues a Voluntary Nationwide Recall for One Lot of Propofol Injectable Emu...
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Sterile Gloves: Find the Facts »
Click here to download the new, free IPSIS FactFinder on Use of Sterile Gloves for Interventional Pain Procedures to del...
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Chondrotoxicity of Local Anesthetics: Find the Facts »
In the latest free IPSIS FactFinder , learn about potential chondrotoxicity of various local anesthetics used in intraa...
Thursday, March 31, 2022
FDA Warning: Do Not Use Sterile Products by FarmaKeio Superior Custom Compounding »
IPSIS Patient Safety Alert 03/31/2022: FDA Warns Patients and Health Care Professionals Not to Use Sterile Products by...
Friday, February 18, 2022
Vasovagal Reactions: Find the Facts »
In the latest free IPSIS FactFinder, explore the preprocedural and management considerations related to vasovagal reaction...
Thursday, December 9, 2021
RFN and pos Spinal Hardware: Find the Facts »
In the latest free IPSIS FactFinder, find the facts about minimizing the risks of heating undesired neurologic structures...
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
All Lots of All Drugs Compounded by Edge Pharma Recalled »
SIS Patient Safety Alert 12/08/2021: All Lots of All Drugs Compounded by Edge Pharma Recalled Thi...
Friday, November 5, 2021
CMBB & Antithrombotics: Find the Facts »
In the latest free IPSIS FactFinder, find the facts about the relative risk of hemorrhage versus thrombosis when determini...
Monday, October 18, 2021
ESI and Infected Patients: Find the Facts »
Myth: Concurrent antibiotic use is an absolute contraindication to the performance of an epidural steroid injection (ESI)...
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Eco-Med Pharmaceutical Recalls All Ultrasound Gels and Lotions »
IPSIS Patient Safety Alert 09/29/2021: Eco-Med Pharmaceutical Recalls All Ultrasound Gels and Lotions Due to Bacterial...
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
IntegraDose Compounding Services Recalls Cefazolin Injection Products »
  IPSIS Patient Safety Alert 09/22/2021: IntegraDose Compounding Services Recalls Cefazolin Injection Product...
Friday, September 17, 2021
FDA Alert: Greenpark Compounding Pharmacy Products Lack Sterility Assurance »
  IPSIS Patient Safety Alert 09/17/2021: FDA Alerts Patients and Health Care Professionals Not to Use Greenpark...
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Stop Using Certain Shanghai Dasheng N95 Respirators »
  IPSIS Patient Safety Alert 08/26/2021: Stop Using Certain N95 Respirators Manufactured by Shanghai D...
Monday, August 23, 2021
Embolism Risk: Cardinal Health Monoject Syringe »
IPSIS Patient Safety Alert 08/23/2021: Cardinal Health Recalls Monoject Saline Flush Prefilled Syringes for Risk of Air Re...

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