print email comment close Ways You Can Help Your Family Prevent Medical Errors! URL: http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/5tipseng/5tips.htm Description: Illustrated, easy-to-understand suggestions for preventing medical errors such as getting the wrong medicine, taking the wrong amount of medicine, getting sick from staying in the hospital, and doctors operating on the wrong part of the body. Includes links to related fact sheets and other resources on medical errors and patient safety. Also available in Spanish. From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Publisher: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Extra Keywords medicine LII Database Information: Record 25021 created by Julianna Hamann on 11/30/2007 Last modification on 12/03/2007 Published: 12/06/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25021