Recommendations / Statements

STATEMENTS Adopted Revised / Reviewed
Statement Advocating for the Elimination of Prescription Time Guarantees in Community Pharmacy Oct 31, 2013
Statement Opposing the Criminalization of Errors in Healthcare May 1, 2011 Jan 19, 2012
Statement on Medication Error Rates Jun 11, 2002 Jun 24, 2008
RECOMMENDATIONS
Medication / Human Errors Adopted Revised / Reviewed
Recommendations for Improving Medication Safety by Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy Mar 30, 2021
Recommendations for Senior Leadership to Advance Medication Safety Mar 13, 2020
Recommendations to Weigh Patients and Document Metric Weights to Ensure Accurate Medication Dosing (adopted October 25, 2018) Oct 25, 2018
Reducing Medication Errors Associated with At-risk Behaviors by Healthcare Professionals Oct 22, 2013 Aug 30, 2014
Recommendations to Reduce Medication Errors in Non-Health Care Settings Jun 20, 2003 Feb 27, 2007
Recommendations to Reduce Medication Errors Associated with Verbal Medication Orders and Prescriptions Feb 20, 2001 May 1, 2015
Recommendations to Enhance Accuracy of Prescription/Medication Order Writing Sep 4, 1996 Oct 22, 2014
Packaging, Labeling, Dispensing and Administration Errors Adopted Revised / Reviewed
Promoting the Safe Use of Suffixes in Prescription Drug Names Dec 3, 2007
Recommendations for Bar Code Labels on Pharmaceutical (Drug) Products to Reduce Medication Errors Jun 27, 2001 Jun 5, 2007
Recommendations to Enhance Accuracy of Dispensing Medications Sep 19, 1999 Jun 1, 2015
Recommendations to Enhance Accuracy of Administration of Medications Jun 29, 1999 May 1, 2015
Recommendations for Healthcare Professionals to Reduce Medication Errors Associated with the Label, Labeling, and Packaging of Pharmaceutical (Drug) Products and Related Devices May 30, 1998 Oct 22, 2014
Recommendations for Healthcare Organizations to Reduce Medication Errors Associated with the Label, Labeling, and Packaging of Pharmaceutical (Drug) Products and Related Devices Mar 30, 1998 Oct 22, 2014
Recommendations for Manufacturers to Prevent Medication Errors Associated with the Label, Labeling and Packaging of Pharmaceutical (Drug) Products and Related Devices May 12, 1997 Jun 7, 2007
Recommendations for Regulators and Standards Setters to Prevent Medication Errors Associated with the Label, Labeling, and Packaging of Pharmaceutical (Drug) Products and Related Devices May 12, 1997 Feb 27, 2007

Archived Packaging, Labeling, Dispensing and Administration Errors