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USP Quality Review
No. 57, Issued 01/97
Purpose
The Council intends to mount a nationwide campaign for medication error
reporting and prevention that will promote recommendations broadly to colleges,
schools, and state associations of medicine, pharmacy, and nursing; national
professional associations; managed care organizations; and third-party payers.
During its first meetings, the Council agreed to the following goals that will provide the foundation on which all recommendations will be constructed, promoted, and implemented:
To stimulate the development and use of medication error reporting and
evaluation systems in individual health care organizations.
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To stimulate reporting to a national system for review, analysis, and
development of recommendations to reduce and prevent medication errors.
To examine and evaluate the causes of medication errors.
To increase awareness of medication errors and methods of prevention throughout the health care system, which includes health care organizations and facilities, delivery systems, practitioners, manufacturers, regulators, and consumers.
To recommend strategies relative to system modifications, practice standards
and guidelines, and changes in packaging, labeling, and product identity.
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