Online Patient Safety Resources

Please note that information contained in these documents does not reflect the views and opinions of NPSF, nor does NPSF endorse or promote information available externally from the NPSF website unless otherwise indicated.

Health Care Quality and Safety

5 Steps to Safer Health Care - AHRQ
www.ahrq.gov/consumer/5steps.htm

20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors - AHRQ
www.ahrq.gov/consumer/20tips.htm

20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children - AHRQ
www.ahrq.gov/consumer/20tips.htm

ABCs of Patient Safety (.pdf file) - NPSF
www.npsf.org/download/ABCs_of_Patient_Safety.pdf

Elements of a Culture of Safety (.pdf file) - HAP
www.haponline.org/downloads/1_Elements of a Culture of Safety.pdf

Getting the Most out of a Visit with Your Doctor - AAOS
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/category.cfm

Improving Health Care Quality: A Guide for Patients and Families - AHRQ
www.ahrq.gov/consumer/qntlite

Medical Errors - The Scope of the Problem - AHRQ
www.ahrq.gov/qual/errback.htm

Partners in Quality Series (.pdf file) - HAP Taking an Active Role in Your Health Care
www.haponline.org/downloads/99consbro.pdf

Patients Have Important Role in Safer Health Care - AAOS
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/category.cfm

Preventing Infections in the Hospital What You as a Patient Can Do (.pdf file) - NPSF
www.npsf.org/download/PreventingInfections.pdf

Role of the Patient Advocate (.pdf file) - NPSF
www.npsf.org/download/PatientAdvocate.pdf

Safety as You Go From Hospital to Home (.pdf file) - NPSF
www.npsf.org/download/SafetyAsYouGo.pdf

Speak Up Initiatives: Help Prevent Errors In Your Care - JCAHO
www.jcaho.org/general+public/gp+speak+up/

Twelve Steps to a Safer Hospital Stay - AAOS
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/category.cfm

Your Guide to Choosing Quality Health Care - AHRQ
www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/qntool.htm

Be Involved in Your Health Care - VIPC&S.: Medicines:
www.vipcs.org/patients/medicine.htm

Hospital Stays:
www.vipcs.org/patients/hospitals.htm

Surgery:
www.vipcs.org/patients/surgery.htm

Home Health Equipment:
www.vipcs.org/patients/homehealth.htm

General Safety:
www.vipcs.org/patients/end.htm

Medication Safety

Avoiding Medication Errors/Be an Informed Consumer
www.pharmacyandyou.org/aboutmedicine/med.html

- APhA
www.ismp.org/Consumer/Brochure.html

- ISMP be MedWise (website) - NCPIE
www.bemedwise.org

[In the] Doctor's Office - ISMP
www.ismp.org/Consumer/StartinOffice.html

Keeping Secrets From Your Doctor and Pharmacist Can Harm Your Health - CHIC
www.consumer-health.com/services/cons_take13.htm

Medications and You - ASHP
www.safemedication.com/meds/medSafety.cfm

Pharmacy Safety and Service - What You Should Expect (.pdf file) - NPSF
www.npsf.org/download/PharmacySafety.pdf

Personal Medication Organizer (.pdf file) - USP
www.usp.org/pdf/patientSafety/personalMedOrg.pdf

Taking Control of Your Medicines - CHIC
www.consumer-health.com/services/cons_take15.htm

Think It Through: A Guide to Managing the Benefits and Risks of Medicine (.pdf file) - NPSF/PSMU
http://www.npsf.org/download/ThinkItThrough.pdf

Tips on Medication Safety - APhA
www.pharmacyandyou.org/healthinfo/Consumer_Tips.html

What You Can Do to Make Healthcare Safer (.pdf file) - NPSF
www.npsf.org/download/WhatYouCanDo.pdf

Your Medicine: Play It Safe - AHRQ
www.ahrq.gov/consumer/safemeds/safemeds.htm

Your Role in Safe Medication Use (.pdf file) - MCPME
www.macoalition.org/documents/ConsumerGuide.pdf

Examining Medical Information on the Web Buying Medicines and Medical Products Online - FDA
www.fda.gov/oc/buyonline/

Electronic Prescriptions [and Internet Pharmacies] - CHIC
www.consumer-health.com/services/cons_take27.htm

Finding Surgical Information You Can Trust (.pdf file) - AORN
www.patientsafetyfirst.org/Patients_Section/

How to Shop Safely On-Line (.pdf file) - NCL
http://nclnet.org/eWise2.pdf

Surgical Safety

Advice for Patients Concerned about Correct Site Surgery (.pdf file) - AORN
www.patientsafetyfirst.org/Patients_Section/

Anesthesia for Ambulatory Surgery - ASA
www.asahq.org/patientEducation/ambulatoryAnes.pdf

Be Involved in Your Health Care - Surgery - VIPC&S.
www.vipcs.org/patients/surgery.htm

Help Prevent Errors in Your Care: For Surgical Patients (.pdf file) - JCAHO
www.jcaho.org/general+public/

Partner with Physician for Best Surgical Outcome - AAOS
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/category.cfm

Tips for Patients to Prevent Wrong Site Surgery - JCAHO
www.jcaho.org/general+public/

Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before You Have Surgery - AHRQ
www.ahrq.gov/consumer/surgery.htm

What You Need to Know about Anesthesia (.pdf file) - AORN
www.patientsafetyfirst.org/Patients_Section/

What You Need to Know about Your Surgery (.pdf file)- AORN
www.patientsafetyfirst.org/Patients_Section/

When Your Child Needs Anesthesia - ASA
www.asahq.org/patientEducation/childanes.htm

Cancer Treatment Safety How You Can Help Ensure Your Safety When Receiving Cancer Treatments - ISMP
www.ismp.org/MSAarticles/cancertreatment.html

General Information on Taking Medications FDA's Tips for Taking Medicines - FDA
www.fda.gov/fdac/reprints/medtips.html

Food & Drug Interactions (PDF File)- NCL
http://nclnet.org/Food%20%26%20Drug.pdf

Guide to Educating Children About Medicines -APhA
www.pharmacyandyou.org/aboutmedicine/child.html

Preventing Medicine Mishaps - CHIC
www.consumer-health.com/services/cons_take15.htm

Understanding Your Medicines - APhA
www.pharmacyandyou.org/aboutmedicine/medquest.html

What You Should Know About Over-the-counter Medicines and Drug Interactions - APhA
www.pharmacyandyou.org/selfcare/PSCbrochure.pdf

Informacion en espanol

20 Recomendaciones Para Ayudar a Prevenir los Errores Mdicos - AHRQ
www.ahrq.gov/consumer/20recom.htm

20 Recomendaciones Para Ayudar a Prevenir los Errores Mdicos en los Nios - AHRQ
www.ahrq.gov/consumer/20tkidsp.htm

Cinco Recomendaciones para Recibir una Mejor Atencin Mdica - AHRQ
www.ahrq.gov/consumer/cincorec.htm

Lo Que Debe Preguntar Antes de Una Cirugia - AHRQ
www.ahrq.gov/consumer/spansurg.htm

Mejorandola Calidad de la Atencin Mdica: Gua para los pacientes y las familias - AHRQ
www.ahrq.gov/consumer/qntlitesp/index.htm

No se arriesgue con sus medicamentos - AHRQ
http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/safemedsp/safemedsp.htm

Pinselo Muy Bien: Una Gua Para el Control de los Beneficios y Riesgos de las Medicinas (.pdf) - NPSF/PSMU http://www.npsf.org/download/PienseloMuyBien.pdf

Sea MediSabio- Utilice los medicamentos de venta libre con prudencia (.pdf) - NCPIE
www.bemedwise.org/brochure/bemedwise_spanish_brochure.pdf

Socios obteniendo calidad (.pdf) - HAP Tomando una Parte Activa en el Cuidado de su Salud
www.haponline.org/downloads/99_spbro.pdf

Tres Cosas que Usted Puede Hacer para Prevenir Infecciones (.pdf) - JCAHO
www.jcaho.org/accredited+organizations/speak+up/ic_spanish.pdf

Mas informacion y publicaciones
www.ahrq.gov/consumer/espanoix.htm - AHRQ