Chapter 22 in the News Links

For more information on medical errors--causes and prevention--visit the following sites:

http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/errorsix.htm Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Medical Errors and Patient Safety

http://www.pharmacyandyou.org/aboutmedicine/med.html American Pharmaceutical Association: Avoiding Medication Errors

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2000/500_err.html FDA Consumer article: Make no mistake: Medical errors can be deadly serious

http://www.ismp.org Institute for Safe Medication Practices

http://books.nap.edu/catalog/9728.html Institute of Medicine report: To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drugandmedicaldevicesafety.html MedlinePlus: Drug and Medical Device Safety

http://www.ama-assn.org/med-sci/npsf/lit/ftnews.htm National Patient Safety Foundation: News on Patient Safety

http://www.usp.org/information/just_ask/index.htm U.S. Pharmacopeia: Just Ask