Standardizing Medication Labels

Roundtable on Health Literacy; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Institute of Medicine. Ed(s): Hernandez, Lyla M.

ISBN 10: 0309115299 / ISBN 13: 9780309115292

Published by National Academies Press, 2008

About this Item

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. Editor(s): Hernandez, Lyla M. Num Pages: 116 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MQP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. . . 2008. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Standardizing Medication Labels
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309115299
• ISBN 13: 9780309115292
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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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.

About the Author

Lyla M. Hernandez, Rapporteur, Roundtable on Health Literacy