What You Can Do to Avoid Medication Errors

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What You Can Do to Avoid Medication Errors

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Description

This fact sheet provides tips on how to avoid medication errors in the following settings:

Personal/home care
Pharmacy
Ambulatory care/outpatient clinic
Hospital inpatient care

Links to the Tool:
This tool is available at: http://www.iom.edu/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2006/Preventing-Medication-Errors-Quality-Chasm-Series/medicationerrorsfactsheet.ashx

Developer

Institute of Medicine

Funding Sources

Institute of Medicine

QualityTool Topic

Patient/Medication safety

History

Release Date: 07/2006
Original Summary: 07/2009

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QualityTool Classification

Setting of Care:

General hospital

Home health care

Hospital outpatient facility

Patient self-management

Pharmacy (retail)

Patient Care Process:

Medication: ordering, transcription, administration, dispensing

Patient safety

IOM Domains of Quality:

Safety