Showing posts with label medication safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medication safety. Show all posts

Friday, July 31, 2009

Safe Use of Medications

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists have created a website, safemedication.com, to help promote the safe use of medications. This resource has a template to list your medications along with tips and tools for safe medication use.

The tools include:
  • Using medications safely
  • Preparing for emergencies
  • Gluten in medications
  • Using alternative medications safely
  • Using antibiotics wisely
  • Recognizing counterfeits
  • Preventing accidental poisoning
  • Traveling safely with medications
  • Preventing diseases with vaccines