FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, April 4, 2000
NEW PATIENT FACT SHEET ON MEDICAL ERRORS AVAILABLE FROM AHRQ
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has developed a new fact sheet with practical tips to help people protect themselves from errors in their health care. 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors has specific, research-based recommendations on preventing medical errors related to medicines, hospital stays and surgery. Other general recommendations to help prevent medical errors also are included.
20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors advises patients that the single most important way to help prevent errors is to be an active member of their health care team, taking part in every decision about their care.
For more information, please contact Howard Holland, at 301/594-0314, or [email protected]. To order this free two-page fact sheet, call AHRQ's Publications Clearinghouse, at 800/358-9295 and ask for AHRQ publication number 00-P038. Or go to AHRQ's Web site at http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/20tips.htm.
Note to TV Stations: AARP will be feeding a video news release about this fact sheet on Thursday, April 6 from 1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EDT, on Telstar 5/Transponder 23.
If you would like to receive AHRQ's press releases by e-mail, please contact Karen Migdail at [email protected] or 301/594-6120.
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