Article: FDA Statement on Institute of Medicine's Report on Preventing Medication Errors.

Article: Thompson Announces Steps to Reduce Medication ...
U.S. Newswire;  March 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Administration (FDA) that will ... by reducing medication errors and by more ... potential medication errors. These steps would provide FDA with more ... response to medication errors, the proposed ... submit to FDA, within 15 ...

Article: FDA ISSUES STATEMENT ON INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE'S REPORT ON ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... preventable nature of medication errors. We find that ... already underway at FDA in the areas of ... medication information. FDA recognizes the ... have on minimizing medication errors. Prior to approval ... In addition, FDA continues to encourage ... providers avoid medication ...

Article: To reduce and prevent medication errors, the ...
Drug Utilization Review;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... further. The FDA proposed two ... designed to reduce medication errors and more quickly ... and response to medication errors, the proposed ... submit to the FDA, within 15 calendar ... and potential medication errors occurring in ...

Transcript: Analysis: FDA proposing using bar codes on prescription ...
NPR All Things Considered;  March 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... 0000 Analysis: FDA proposing using ... hospitals to avoid medication errors Host: MICHELE ... supermarket shelves. The FDA hopes that will prevent dangerous medication errors that cost billions ... big initiative as FDA commissioner ... it'll reduce medication errors ...

Article: FDA safety page: Medication errors ...
Drug Topics;  January 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... As of November 2001, the FDA had received 23 medication ... three days is unknown. The FDA is also concerned that several ... error reports received by the FDA as of November 2001. The names ... factors contributing to the medication errors were overlapping strengths ...

Article: Brand Institute Establishes New Subsidiary to Minimize ...
Business Wire;  March 19, 2004 ;     663 words ... ... director of FDA's division of medication errors and technical ... preventing medication errors, but from ... reflective of FDA's review ... has been the FDA representative ... for certain medication errors that have occurred ...

Article: FDA beginning campaign to curb medication ...
Modern Healthcare;  November 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... next year in an effort to reduce medication errors that result from ambiguous abbreviations ... the pharmaceutical industry and FDA staff. It will highlight some ... each year by a wide range of medication errors, and many of those lives could ...