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/20tipkid.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

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

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 - Joint Commission
http://www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/SpeakUp/speak_up_general.htm

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

Cancer Treatment Safety How You Can Help Ensure Your Safety When Receiving Cancer Treatments - ISMP
www.ismp.org/newsletters/acutecare/articles/cancertreatment.asp

 

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Medication Safety

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

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/EN/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

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

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

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

Help Avoid Mistatkes with Your Medicine - Joint Commission
http://www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/SpeakUp/speak_up_med_mistakes.htm

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

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

 

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Surgical Safety

Information for Surgical Patients - AORN
http://www.aorn.org/aboutaorn/whoweare/informationforsurgicalpatients/

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

Partner with Physician for Best Surgical Outcome - AAOS
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00269

Tips for Patients to Prevent Wrong Site Surgery - Joint Commission
www.jointcommission.org/GeneralPublic/Speak+Up/wss_tips.htm

Help Avoid Mistakes in Your Surgery - Joint Commission
www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/SpeakUp/speak_up_ws.htm

Questions to Ask Your Doctor - AHRQ
www.ahrq.gov/consumer/surgery/surgery.htm

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

 

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Informacion en espanol

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

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

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

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

Mejorando la Calidad de la Atención Médica: Guía 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 Guía 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 Tomando una Parte Activa en el Cuidado de su Salud (.pdf) - HAP
www.haponline.org/downloads/99_spbro.pdf

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