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FACT SHEET/FAQS

Having Surgery? What You Need to Know.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2005. AHRQ Publication No. 05(06)-0074.

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.

COMMENTARY

Lethal Cap.

Schillinger D. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2004.

AUDIOVISUAL

Healthcare 411 Special Report: National Patient Safety Awareness Week.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. March 6, 2006.

GOVERNMENT RESOURCE

Five Steps to Safer Health Care.

Patient Fact Sheet. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; February 2004. AHRQ Publication No. 04-M005.

GOVERNMENT RESOURCE

Your Medicine, Be Smart, Be Safe.

Patient Guide. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Bethesda, MD: National Council on Patient Information and Education; April 2011. AHRQ Publication No. 11-0049-A.

TOOLKIT

Improving Health Care Quality: A Guide for Patients and Families.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2000. AHRQ Publication No. 01-0004.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Questions Are the Answer.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

GOVERNMENT RESOURCE

Twenty Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children.

Patient Fact Sheet. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2002. AHRQ Publication No. 02-P034.

STUDY

Can patients be part of the solution? Views on their role in preventing medical errors.

Hibbard JH, Peters E, Slovic P, Tusler M. Med Care Res Rev. 2005;62:601-616.