ISMP Medication Safety Alert - COVID 19 Special Edition

PROBLEM: A pharmacist received an order for 500 mg of intravenous (IV) ascorbic acid for a patient with coronavirus (COVID-19). Although this product was on formulary at the hospital, it was rarely used prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the pharmacist had never dispensed it. https://healthpro-production.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/ISMP_report_April_28th__2020.pdf