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AUDIOVISUAL
Lock it Up: Medicine Safety in Your Home.
Rockville, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; 2011.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
Buying Medicines Over the Internet.
Rockville, MD: Food and Drug Administration.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Hospitals tally their avoidable mistakes.
Rein L. Washington Post. July 21, 2009:E1.
AUDIOVISUAL
Teaching Kids About Using Medicine Safely.
Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; 2012.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
BeSafeRx: Know Your Online Pharmacy.
US Food and Drug Administration.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
Getting Safer Care.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
AUDIOVISUAL
Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm.
Austin, TX: Texas Medical Institute for Technology and the Quaid Foundation; 2010.
COURSE MATERIAL/CURRICULUM
Medicines in My Home.
Rockville, MD: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Get me out alive.
Feldman R. The Washington Post. May 2, 2006:HE01.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Fixing America's hospitals.
Newsweek. October 16, 2006:44-68, 72.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Program encourages reporting accidents waiting to happen: the Good Catch Awards.
McCook A. Anesthesiology News. Sept 2011;37:9. 
BOOK/REPORT
Consumer Guide to Adverse Health Events.
St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Health; January 2009.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving America's Hospitals: A Report on Quality and Safety.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; March 2007.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
Postmarket Drug Safety Information for Patients and Providers.
US Food and Drug Administration.
FACT SHEET/FAQS
FDA 101: How to Use the Consumer Complaint System and MedWatch.
FDA Consumer Health Information. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; February 27, 2009.
FACT SHEET/FAQS
How to Prevent Medication Errors.
Huntingdon Valley, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2004.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Saving lives: hospitals have signed on to a six-part plan to avoid a multitude of unnecessary deaths.
Comarow A. US News & World Report. July 18, 2005;139:74,76,79.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Patients, beware: 731 nurses reveal what to watch out for in the hospital.
Consumer Reports Health. September 2009.
GOVERNMENT RESOURCE
20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors.
Patient Fact Sheet. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2011. AHRQ Publication No. 11-0089.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Small patients, big consequences in medical errors.
Tarkan L. New York Times. September 14, 2008;Health section:7.
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