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Avoiding Medication Mistakes.
Fitzpatrick C. Consumer Updates. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration. September 29, 2009.
 

This video for consumers shares tips to avoid medication errors through improved communication, medication information review, and dosage measurement.
 
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Resource Type:  Audiovisual

Setting of Care:  Ambulatory Care > Home Care

Target Audience:  Patients

Clinical Area:  Pharmacy > Community Pharmacy

Safety Target:  Medication Safety > Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events

Error Types:  Active Errors

   Latent Errors

Approach to Improving Safety:  Quality Improvement Strategies > Patient Self-Management

   Communication Improvement > Provider-Patient Communication

   Communication Improvement > Communication between Providers > Medication Reconciliation

Origin/Sponsor:  North America > United States of America > United States Federal Government > Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) > Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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