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Articles and Other Publications

FDA Report

"Managing the Risks from Medical Product Use: Creating a Risk Management Framework"
May 10, 1999 FDA Report
Executive Summary (147 Kb PDF file)
Full Report (164 pages - 648 Kb PDF file)

Articles

Post-marketing Surveillance for Adverse Events After Vaccination: The National Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
Article(PDF format)
Improving Patient Care by Reporting Problems with Medical Devices
Article (PDF format)
The Clinical Impact of Adverse Event Reporting
Article (PDF format)
Communication Dynamics: A Resource in Assuring Drug Quality
Article
Clinical Therapeutics and the Recognition of Drug Induced Disease
Article (PDF format)
Note: Use 8 1/2" x 14" paper to print this PDF document.

FDA Consumer Magazine

MedWatch: Managing Risks at the FDA (September-October 2003)
Why Drugs Get Pulled Off The Market (January-February 2002)
MedWatch: FDA's 'HeadsUp' on Medical Product Safety (PDF Format)
MedWatch on Lookout for Medical Product Problems
FDA Consumer Special Report on New Drug Development in the United States

Food & Drug Interactions

(PDF format) - (1998 National Consumers League Brochure)

FDA Medical Bulletins

Minimizing Medical Product Errors

Executive Summary of January 8, 1998 Workshop

FDA User Facility Reporting Bulletins
(A quarterly bulletin to assist hospitals, nursing homes, and other device user facilities)

Other Publications

FDA Quarterly Data Extract from the Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS)
go to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Search page at: http://www.ntis.gov/search/index.asp?loc=3-0-0
enter "AERS" as the search term.

"National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP)"
Taxonomy of Medication Errors ( PDF format)

Annual Adverse Drug Experience Report
(A descriptive overview of the evaluable, postmarket adverse drug experience cases received by FDA each year.)
1995 ( PDF format)
1996