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This fact sheet offers 20 tips on how to prevent medical errors in children. The tip sheet provides evidence-based, practical tips on how to avoid medical errors related to prescription medicines, sur... Details >
Also available in: Spanish
This consumer information fact sheet explains what medical errors are and what you can do to prevent medical errors from occurring in your own health care.... Details >
Also available in: Spanish - (PDF)
This brochure provides information and questions to ask before you agree to participate in a research study.... Details >
Office of Human Research Protections, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Print this checklist to guide you in taking an active role in working with your doctor or nurse when you are ill.... Details >
Also available in: Spanish
This fact sheet tells what you can do to get safer health care. ... Details >
This page links to frequently asked questions about medical research. Questions cover participation, risks, benefits, and more.... Details >
AHRQ offers consumers information, videos, and podcasts on how to prevent errors, get quality care, and use hospitals & clinics.... Details >
Learn how you can help to prevent medical errors by taking part in every decision about your health care.... Details >
Your FDA gateway for finding clinically important safety information and reporting serious problems with human medical products.... Details >
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Use the Medwatch online form to report serious adverse events, potential and actual medical product errors, and product quality problems associated with the use of FDA-regulated drugs, biologics, devi... Details >
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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