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Health Care Quality and Safety Resources:

5 Steps to Safer Health Care – AHRQ

20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors - AHRO

20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children - AHRQ

ABCs of Patient Safety National Patient Safety Foundation

Be Involved in Your Health Care- Medicines

Be Involved in Your Health Care- Hospitals

Be Involved in Your Health Care- Surgery

Getting the Most out of a Visit with Your Doctor

Improving Health Care Quality: A Guide for Patients and Families - AHRQ

Medical Errors - The Scope of the Problem - AHRQ

Taking an Active Role in Your Health Care

Preventing Infections in the Hospital – What you as a patient can do

Role of the Patient Advocate

Safety as You Go from Hospital to Home

Speak Up Initiatives: Help Prevent Errors In Your Care - JCAHO

You Can Help Improve Patient Safety

Your Guide to Choosing Quality Health Care - AHRQ

Medication Safety Resources:

Avoiding Medication Errors/Be an Informed Consumer

Being MedWise

Keeping Secrets From Your Doctor and Pharmacist Can Harm Your Health - CHIC

Medications and You - ASHP

Pharmacy Safety and Service - What You Should Expect

Personal Medication Organizer- USP

Taking Control of Your Medicines - CHIC

Think It Through: A Guide to Managing the Benefits and Risks of Medicine

What You Can Do to Make Healthcare Safer

Your Medicine: Play It Safe - AHRQ

Your Role in Safe Medication Use

Preventing Medicine Mishaps - CHIC

Surgical Safety Resources:

Finding Surgical Information You Can Trust- AORN

Advice for Patients Concerned about Correct Site Surgery- AORN

Anesthesia for Ambulatory Surgery - ASA

Be Involved in Your Health Care - Surgery

Help prevent errors in your care: for surgical patients- JCAHO

Partner with Physician for Best Surgical Outcome - AAOS

Tips for Patients to Prevent Wrong Site Surgery - JCAHO

Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before You Have Surgery - AHRQ

What You Need to Know about Anesthesia- AORN

What You Need to Know about Your Surgery- AORN

When Your Child Needs Anesthesia - ASA

Cancer Treatment Safety:

How You Can Help Ensure Your Safety When Receiving Cancer
Treatments - ISMP

Source Abbreviations:

AAOS - American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research
APhA - American Pharmaceutical Association
ASA - American Society of Anesthesiologists
AORN - Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
ASHP - Association Society of Health-System Pharmacists
CHIC - Consumer Health Information Corporation
CPMU - Center for Proper Medication Use
FDA - Food and Drug Administration
HAP - The Hospital and Health-System Association of Pennsylvania
ISMP - Institute for Safe Medication Practices
JCAHO - Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
MCPME - Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors
NCPIE - National Council on Patient Information and Education
NPSF - National Patient Safety Foundation
NCL - National Consumers League
PSMU - Partnership for Safe Medication Use
USP - United States Pharmacopeia
VIPC&S - Virginians Improving Patient Care and Safety

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