Patient Safety Links

 

General Patient Safety Information

 

Speak Up - Help Prevent Errors in Your Care

Five Steps for Safer Health Care

20 Tips to Prevent Medical Errors

20 Tips to Prevent Medical Errors in Children

 

Medication Safety

 

Tips to Prevent Medication Mistakes

My Medication List - Wallet Card

Quick Tips:  When Getting a Prescription

Your Medicine: Play It Safe

 

Surgical Safety

 

Help Prevent Errors in Your Care: For Surgical Patients

Quick Tips: When Planning Surgery

 

Preventing Infections

 

Three Things You Can Do To Prevent An Infection

 

Test and Treatment

 

Quick Tips:  When Getting Medical Tests

 

Your Doctor

 

Quick Tips:  When Talking With Your Doctor

 

Related Consumer Patient Safety Links

 

Agency for Healtcare Research and Quality

Joint Commission

Institute for Safe Medication Practices

The Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety

National Council on Patient Information and Education

National Patient Safety Foundation

Partnership for Health Accountability (PHA) for a Healthy Georgia