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Tuesday, November 18, 2025 GLP-1 and Conscious Sedation: Find the Facts » Find the facts on this emerging periprocedural management issue. Read the latest new, free IPSIS FactFinder — and explor...
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 BVNRFN: Find the Facts » Find the facts about basivertebral nerve radiofrequency neurotomy (BVNRFN). Click here to download this newly updated, f...
Thursday, September 11, 2025 Steroid Injections and Hyperglycemia: Find the Facts » Find the latest facts about steroid injections and diabetes. Click here to download this newly updated, free IPSIS...
Monday, August 18, 2025 Steroid Preservatives & ESIs: Find the Facts » Find the facts about neurotoxicity from preservatives in epidural steroid administration. Click here to download this ne...
Friday, August 1, 2025 Opioid Labeling Updates » The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring safety labeling changes to all opioid pain medications to better...
Thursday, July 17, 2025 Sandoz Expands Cefazolin Recall » On July 15, 2025, Sandoz expanded its June 27, 2025, recall of Cefazolin for Injection USP, 1 gram per vial , addi...
Monday, July 7, 2025 Serum Glucose Cutoff for Steroid Injections: Find the Facts » Find the facts about where to draw the line on pre-procedural serum glucose levels and corticosteroid injections. Cl...
Thursday, July 3, 2025 Sandoz Cefazolin Recall » Sandoz is recalling one lot of mispackaged Cefazolin for Injection USP, 1 gram per via l due to a customer complaint indi...
Monday, May 19, 2025 Contaminated Ultrasound Gel Warning » The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received reports of the presence of the environmental bacter...
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 New Lumbar Facet Joint Injections Systematic Review » Read the newest IPSIS systematic review on the effectiveness of fluoroscopically-guided lumbar facet joint steroid injec...
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 New Multisociety Guidelines Published on Use of Corticosteroid Injections » Two new multisociety guidelines have been published addressing the use of corticosteroid injections: Use and safety of c...
Thursday, April 3, 2025 Balloon Kyphoplasty Systematic Review » Read the newest IPSIS systematic review on the effectiveness of balloon kyphoplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compressi...
Thursday, March 27, 2025 ESI and Surgical Site Infections: Find the Facts » Find the facts about epidural steroid injections and postoperative infection risk in patients undergoing subsequent lumbar...
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Vial Swabbing: Find the Facts » Find the facts about whether alcohol swabbing of newly opened vial tops is necessary to prevent infection. Click here to...
Thursday, February 6, 2025 RFN and Implanted Devices: Find the Facts » Find the facts about whether patients with implanted devices can be safely treated with radiofrequency neurotomy. Click h...
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...
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