Standardizing Medication Labels: Confusing Patients Less: Workshop Summary - Softcover

Institute Of Medicine; Board On Population Health And Public Health Practice; Roundtable On Health Literacy

 
9780309115292: Standardizing Medication Labels: Confusing Patients Less: Workshop Summary
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0309115299 ISBN 13: 9780309115292
Publisher: National Academies Press, 2008

Synopsis

Medications are an important component of health care, but each year their misuse results in over a million adverse drug events that lead to office and emergency room visits as well as hospitalizations and, in some cases, death. As a patient's most tangible source of information about what drug has been prescribed and how that drug is to be taken, the label on a container of prescription medication is a crucial line of defense against such medication safety problems, yet almost half of all patients misunderstand label instructions about how to take their medicines. Standardizing Medication Labels: Confusing Patients Less is the summary of a workshop, held in Washington, D.C. on October 12, 2007, that was organized to examine what is known about how medication container labeling affects patient safety and to discuss approaches to addressing identified problems.

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About the Author

Lyla M. Hernandez, Rapporteur, Roundtable on Health Literacy

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Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0309115299
ISBN 13 
9780309115292
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
116