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World Health Organization: The safety of medicines
WHO's objective is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. The WHO believes medicines help to bring improved and longer life to humanity. However, they are not without risk. This link is to a published fact sheet regarding the safety of medicines.
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TGA: Therapeutic Goods Administration
The Adverse Drug Reactions Unit (ADRU) is a business unit within the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. ADRU coordinates and monitors the reporting of suspected adverse reactions to medicines in Australia. ADRU also provides the secretariat for the Australian Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee (ADRAC). The TGA is responsible for the regulation of medicines and medical devices in Australia.
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Safety Information
MedWatch, The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program, serves both healthcare professionals and the medical product-using public. Medical product safety alerts, recalls, withdrawals, and important labeling changes that may affect the health of all Americans are quickly disseminated to the medical community and the general public via this web site.
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The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP), based in suburban Philadelphia, is a nonprofit organization devoted entirely to medication error prevention and safe medication use. ISMP represents over 30 years of experience in helping healthcare practitioners keep patients safe, and continues to lead efforts to improve the medication use process.
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PRODIGY Guidance - Adverse drug reactions
PRODIGY is a source of clinical knowledge, based on the best available evidence, about the common conditions and symptoms managed in primary care. This guidance covers the mechanism for reporting adverse drug reactions, what to report, which drugs to report, and reporting of defective medicines. There is separate PRODIGY guidance for Poisoning.
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American Hospital Assosiation: Improving Medication Safety
AHA has committed to providing members with successful steps and recommendations, tools and resources for further improvement, and assistance to track progress toward implementation of various recommendations regarding improving medication safety. This web site is one of the ways that the AHA assists hospitals and health systems in moving forward to meet this challenge.
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American Society of Health-System Pharmacists: Safe Medication
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) is the 30,000-member national professional association comprised of pharmacists who work with doctors and other health professionals. ASHP's mission is to support pharmacists in helping people use medications safely and effectively. SafeMedication.com features complete, easy-to-read information on more than 800 drugs.
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