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Medication Error Reporting Programs
Background
Medication errors cause at least one death every day and injure approximately 1.3 million people annually in the United States[1]. Medication mishaps can occur anywhere in the distribution system:- prescribing,
- repackaging,
- dispensing,
- administering, or
- monitoring.
MEDICATION ERROR:To Err is Human
CDER Medications Error
- This Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) site offers an introduction to the topic of medication errors and a list of drug products associated with medication errors.
- www.fda.gov/cder/drug/mederrors/
USP Medication Errors Reporting Program
- This web site presents health care professionals who encounter actual or potential medication errors with several options by which to report these incidents confidentially to U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP).
- www.usp.org/patientsafety/mer
Medwatch
- MedWatch, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Medical Products Reporting Program<
- www.fda.gov/medwatch/
ISMP
- ISMP, The Institute provides an independent review of medication errors that have been voluntarily submitted by practitioners to a national Medication Errors Reporting Program
- www.ismp.org
Reference
[1]http://www.fda.gov/cder/handbook/mederror.htm(Added: 30-Jan-2007 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 2) Rate It
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